Introducing the Zenith El Primero Stratos Spindrift Racing Watch

If you’re a fancier of watches, then you must have heard of the famous brand Zenith. Speaking of Zenith, the Zenith El Primero Collection is known as following the famous Zenith El Primero movement. The movement beats at 36,000 VpH which makes it probably the most accurate series-created mechanical movement. Making an El Primero movement involves 9 several weeks of labor, 20 watchmakers 5,500 procedures. Each movement is produced from beginning to end in the Zenith Manufacture in Le Locle, Switzerland. 

Back to the company itself, for some time now, Zenith is a sponsor from the Spindrift Racing team - an organization involved with catamaran sailboat racing. The latest set of Sprindrift Racing watches are a fascinating lot, and contain two Zenith El Primero Stratos Sprindrift Racing watches. Each provides a unique mixture of the Stratos-style case and also the open-dial connected with a few other Zenith watches. This is actually the all-black ref. 75.2060.4061/21.R573 "phantom model" inside a DLC-covered steel case. Another form of the Zenith El Primero Stratos Spindrift Racing may be the ref. 86.2060.4061/21.R573 with a two-tone titanium and 18k rose gold case.

To an all-black watch, the legibility is fairly good about this watch due to the different greens and grey around the dial, along with the different textures and finishing. This means that Zenith could accomplish a phantom look, with no watch that's hard to read. Obviously, there's some color on view area of the dial where one can see aspects of the in-house made Zenith El Primero movement.

Talking about movements, the Zenith El Primero Stratos Sprindrift Racing watch consists of the manufacture El Primero caliber 4061 automatic chronograph movement. Why is an El Primero an El Primero is its 5Hz (36,000 bph) operating frequency. This really is above other mechanical watches that operate at 4Hz (or fewer). The chronograph includes a column-wheel transmission, as the movement has about 50 hrs of power reserve.

Within the interest of performance, the 4061 includes a lever and escapement in silicon. These components could be seen with the open window around the dial from the watch whose shape is supposed to seem like three stacked circles. Additionally to seeing the regulator, your window has includes a three-pronged running seconds hand. The relaxation from the dial has classical subdials for that chronograph hour and minute counters.

This open window around the dial is quite unlike the majority of the other Stratos watches, though it may be available on another Zenith models. The relaxation from the case is pure (black) Stratos using the rotating diver's-style bezel and 100 meters water resistance. If you are looking at sport watches with a few skeletonization from the dial, this form of the Zenith El Primero Stratos will difficult to go by.

At 45mm wide around the wrist, the Stratos has not been a small face watch, however it does put on handsomely. I'd normally state that I favor watches of the ilk on the bracelet, however that is not really true here. 

Zenith El Primero movements are hardly ever an undesirable choice which is nice to determine that Zenith provides a healthy number of them. You can easily claim that all well-rounded watch collections include a minumum of one El-Primero based watches. For that Stratos Spindrift model within this black DLC-covered case the theme is modern and sporty. You actually have a carbon fibre dial. Zenith has played around with previously by having an all carbon fibre case within the El Primero Lightweight Limited Edition Skeletonized watch.

Ok, so far, what you’re concerning maybe the price. Prices for that Zenith El Primero Stratos Spindrift Racing watch in DLC steel is $9,100 as well as in titanium and 18k rose gold it's $22,600.