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A "steampunk" El Primero
Team,
Today, a city holiday, I got a good morning light to take some pics of my New Vintage 1969 El Primero black titanium.
This watch, along with a SS and gold versions, was released in 2009 to celebrate the 40 years of the El Primero movement.
It's powered by caliber 469 (that I presume is to mark the 69) and, the Ti version, is limited to 250 pieces.
Is a very light watch and, so far, I was not able to inflict any damage to the case.
I associate this watch with "steampunk" (check Wikipedia) because the dial is transparent, showing some innards of the movement and by the overall darkness of the case, strap and buckle.
Here comes the pictures:
A B&W version.
And how it shows on my wrist (pic of other day) with the original strap (that I didn't like)
A great weekend to all,
Nilo
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A "steampunk" El Primero
Team, Today, a city holiday, I got a good morning light to take some pics of my New Vintage 1969 El Primero black titanium. This watch, along with a SS and gold versions, was released in 2009 to celebrate the 40 years of the El Primero movement. It's powe...
Sweet composition
Very nice Zenith, but what's the gizmo your watch is artfully placed on? It looks like a marine sextant, but I kknow it's not.
Really nice piece, thanks for sharing
I was unaware of this model, I love the black titanium case. The hard lines remind me a little of Darth Vader's helmet. Great juxtaposition with the open dial work. Also curious about the tool in your shots. The nobs look like some form of micro adjuster,...
The tool ...
Is a WW II gun angle adjustment. I figure that it was a good match for the watch. Cheers, Nilo
I asked my dealer for this very model . . .
. . . but was told it had been long sold out. I've never seen it in the metal, but my instincts tell me this would've won out over the steel version had it been available. Very cool, Nilo. Any thoughts on the gold version? I've never seen that one, either...
Not yet ...
Sold out. There is a place ... Anyhow, I'm not considering a gold one. Never had a precious metal watch and I don't plan to have one. Lets see what Zenith brings to us this year. Last year was very dry. Cheers, Nilo
A very interesting reference
I really do love the New Vintage 1969 line a lot - in some way, I find them more successful than their vintage antecedents, but this particular model has left me very ambivalent. My main reservation has to do with legibility of the transparent dial. What'...
Good question ...
The legibility is barely passable. On dayligth is fine but under low light conditions is far from being ok. The lume is weak and on my bedroom is very hard to read. I got it because I love the case design, I want to have a Ti cased Zenth and the price was...