Can someone help me identify this?
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 . . .
. . . Rainbow El Primero. I remember seeing them in display cases fifteen years ago. Cordially, Art
It was created....
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
Around 750 coloured and 850 produced on a strap.
I used to own this “original Rainbow too”.
There was a modern rendition as well in the mid 2010s but it was larger and never appealed to me as much. Cheers ...
The flyback function spoils you for all others chronos
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...