The other feature is a small date aperture located between four and five o’clock. I adore this feature, and watching the bright red chrono seconds hand sweep with a velvety smoothness thanks to the movement (we’ll get to that later) is one of horology’s true joys. First is the archetypal bright red chronograph hand, complete with Zenith star at its base. The whole dial ensemble is tied off with two other features. At a hurried glimpse, they don’t seem particularly interesting look closer, though, and you suddenly realise that all three are finished with a beautifully surreptitious, concentric pattern that looks like something out of a Japanese Zen Garden.Īnd being an El Primero, there is, of course, a silvery tachymeter scale, located on the inner bezel ring with a contrasting black open minute track located inside that. Then there’s the three quintessential, recessed, multi-coloured sub-dials located at three, six and nine o’clock, which display a 30-minute totaliser, 12-hour totaliser and running seconds, respectively. Likewise, when the highly polished, multifaceted beveled hour indices and handset (which both feature Super-LumiNova) catch the light in just the right way, they positively beam, almost glowing with a white-hot aura. The radially brushed, sunburst silver base begins its dance, especially in direct sunlight. In the metal, though, it’s a different story. Which is surprising, because when you see stock photos of it on the website, it’s easy to think that it looks a tad busy. I’m not going to beat around the bush with this one – the dial of the Zenith Chronomaster El Primero 38mm is pure horological sex … it’s that good. But before it did, I was fortunate enough to temporarily purloin the stainless steel chrono, Ref.03.2150.400/69.C713 for a IN-DEPTH review, and these were my impressions. Sadly, a few short days later, it had to go back to Zenith. So, why am I telling you all this? And what’s it got to do with the Chronomaster El Primero 38mm? Well, in case you still haven’t seen the above video, Time+Tide’s fearless leader, Andrew McUtchen, was given this watch by Zenith to wear on the show.
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