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Founded in 1865 at Le Locle, Zenith is a Swiss watch manufacture renowned for pioneering the El Primero, the world's first automatic chronograph movement, unveiled in 1969.
Zenith
The watchmaker's Double Signed program welcomes a new partner, merging the chronometric traditions of Le Locle with the independent vision of a Los Angeles atelier.
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Zenith
In 1975, as mechanical chronograph movements faced extinction, a Zenith watchmaker made a clandestine decision that would preserve one of horology's most consequential innovations. His hidden archive in Le Locle became the foundation for El Primero's revival.
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Zenith
Within the hallowed halls of the Zenith Manufacture, the ancient craft of hand polishing emerges as a profound meditation on precision and artistry. Each component undergoes a meticulous transformation, where technical mastery and generations of traditional knowledge converge to create surfaces of extraordinary brilliance.
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Zenith
Born from the exacting demands of observatory chronometry, Zenith's venerated Calibre 135 movement represents more than 160 years of horological mastery. Now reimagined for contemporary watchmaking, this exceptional mechanism marries its storied heritage with modern technical sophistication.
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Zenith
Zenith's legendary movement represents the pinnacle of watchmaking artistry, where every surface tells a story of meticulous craftsmanship and technical virtuosity beneath the dial.
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Zenith
A limited edition timepiece of extraordinary rarity, the G.F.J. marries the geological splendour of natural bloodstone jasper with Zenith's mastery of precision watchmaking. Each of the 161 pieces tells its own singular story through the distinctive character of its dial.
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Zenith
The venerable Swiss manufacture unveils an exquisite chronograph whose El Primero calibre represents the apotheosis of mechanical watchmaking excellence, marrying six decades of legendary heritage with contemporary sporting sophistication.
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Zenith
The new CHRONOMASTER Solo Sport in white epitomises contemporary watchmaking, where distinctive design vocabulary converges with the legendary reliability of Zenith's El Primero calibre. Every element, from the Z patterned ceramic dial to the micro adjustable ZENCLASP™, speaks to a philosophy of purposeful elegance.
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Zenith
A singular collaboration between two Swiss design icons yields an extraordinary DEFY Chronograph whose mirror polished dial captures light in perpetual transformation, accompanied by a bespoke USM furniture piece destined for the philanthropic auction block.
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Zenith
Few watchmakers possess the authority to revise their own legends. Zenith, custodian of the El Primero—the movement that redefined chronograph precision half a century ago—approaches each…
Read the story →The most recent story is Zenith and J.N. Shapiro unite Swiss precision with American craft, published on 10 November 2026.
Recent stories include Charles Vermot’s act of defiance saved watchmaking’s greatest achievement; The Refined Art of Horological Finishing at Zenith Manufacture; Zenith’s Legendary Calibre 135: Precision Refined Across Generations; The Calibre 135: Where Mechanical Poetry Meets Horological Mastery.
Zenith appears in Horology.
Simply Luxury has published 16 stories about Zenith, all collected on this page and updated as new launches are announced.
Founded in 1865 at Le Locle, Zenith is a Swiss watch manufacture renowned for pioneering the El Primero, the world's first automatic chronograph movement, unveiled in 1969.
Our most recent Zenith story is Zenith and J.N. Shapiro unite Swiss precision with American craft, published on 10 November 2026. The watchmaker's Double Signed program welcomes a new partner, merging the chronometric traditions of Le Locle with the independent vision of a Los Angeles atelier.
Simply Luxury has published 16 stories on Zenith, including: Zenith and J.N. Shapiro unite Swiss precision with American craft; Charles Vermot’s act of defiance saved watchmaking’s greatest achievement; The Refined Art of Horological Finishing at Zenith Manufacture; Zenith’s Legendary Calibre 135: Precision Refined Across Generations.
Our Zenith stories appear in Horology, and every one is gathered on this page.
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