Editing my response... I asked a question about the bezel and then found the answer immediately. Thanks!

Oct 13, 2019,21:16 PM
 

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Can someone help me identify this?

 
 By: pejp : October 13th, 2019-20:31
I’ve owned a lot of watches over the years, but never really been a Zenith guy, but I saw this a few months ago and loved it. I’m completely blanking on the name/reference. Can anyone help me out? I’d like to track one down. ...  

You've latched onto a Zenith . . .

 
 By: Dr No : October 13th, 2019-21:04
. . . Rainbow El Primero. I remember seeing them in display cases fifteen years ago. Cordially, Art

It was created....

 
 By: berlin90 : October 13th, 2019-21:14
For the French Air Force but never "deployed" . There are some with Luminova dials most with Tritium...and also a version that is black......here is its brother, with Luminova dial....these were sold until about 2007 or so as new. ...  

The coloured one (there is a black edition also) and a strap version are the more collectible ones

 
 By: COUNT DE MONET : October 13th, 2019-23:40
Around 750 coloured and 850 produced on a strap.

I used to own this “original Rainbow too”.

 
 By: Bounce781 : October 13th, 2019-22:34
There was a modern rendition as well in the mid 2010s but it was larger and never appealed to me as much. Cheers ...  

model 02.0480.405 [nt]

 
 By: berlin90 : October 13th, 2019-21:15

The flyback function spoils you for all others chronos

 
 By: iwolf81 : October 14th, 2019-00:09
First, don’t sell it or trade it away. You’ll regret it like everyone else who did. This was my only chronograph for many years and I constantly used its flyback function with bright elapsed second hand to time my rest period between exercise sets. Howeve...