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Importantly, it also houses Zenith’s next generation El Primero Automatic Caliber 3600, an impressive modern chronograph movement capable of timing events to the tenth of a second thanks to a central hand that makes a full rotation around the dial in just ten seconds.

It has a classic case shape reminiscent of the A386, the original Original from 1969, and lends itself to a variety of interesting color configurations. Zenith of course has a veritable army of chronographs in their catalog, but the Chronomaster Original can be seen as something of a skeleton key to the rest of them. Hodinkee and Zenith have teamed up for the second time to create a limited edition version of one of our favorite recent releases, the Chronomaster Original.

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