Most chronographs today feature dual pushers, which are both useful for starting and stopping the chronograph mechanism and also lend a cool aesthetic aspect to one side of the watch. In short, a modern chronograph tells the time traditionally and, using a distinct mechanical complication, also can record seconds, minutes, and hours (usually) in a stopwatch-style function. The mechanism was soon miniaturized and added to pocket watches. These recorded on two rotating discs of paper the difference in time between two horses on a race track. Its name is derived from one of the earliest versions of the mechanism, which was essentially a box filled with clockwork attached to two inky styluses. “Allotting them is already a challenge,” he says.Chronograph means “time writer,” but you can think of it as a stopwatch, activated and stopped at the whim of its user. They are already asking for more.” Tornare says a gold version of the Chronomaster Sport is due this coming June. We sold 54 pieces online within a few hours of launching it, and the day after, I got calls from dealers in Singapore, Mexico, Madrid … everywhere. Will there be waiting lists? “I hope not,” says Tornare.
By comparison, the Chronomaster Sport retails for $10,000, and according to Zenith CEO Julien Tornare, it is being produced in quantities that are only limited by production capacity.
Pre-owned Daytona prices are equally absurd. On the secondary market, the 5711 is selling for upwards of $100,000, compared to its $30,000 retail price – for a steel watch. Zenith Photo ©Laurent Xavier MoulinThe other availability gap in the market the Zenith Chronomaster Sport is likely to fill is that left by the recent discontinuation of the Patek Philippe Nautilus reference 5711 which, even before it was cancelled, was obtainable only by wait list.
Previous Zenith models that inspired the new Chronomaster Sport.
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