Here it is in the metal: the 1997 Zenith El Primero São Gabriel: a beautifully-proportioned 38mm build from the 1990s, 1960s movement and 1930s-1940s look. Pleased.

Zenith El Primero ChronoMaster 1997 (the 'San Gabriel')

By: Rosneathian : September 13th, 2020-08:13

This one's on its way to me right now so these are stock photos. A 1990s watch with a 1960s movement in a 1940s look. It seems a little odd to have an integrated automatic chronograph movement presented as a manual-wind vintage watch but I'd rather see th...

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Zenith El Primero ChronoMaster 1997 (the 'San Gabriel')

I like it, I wish you a happy landing ;-) [nt]

Thank you. It will satisfy my liking of watches from the 1940s, and with a birth year movement too. [nt]

Congrats, [nt]

Thank you. It's nice of you to say. [nt]

👍

Hi. Is it enamel? I didn’t know that.

I remember

It turns out you are correct. There's a lot packed into the dial within its 38mm diameter case, but the enamel is clear. This is most evident with the sunken sub-dials and the ivory hue of the dial. [nt]

Special and beautiful. [nt]

That's kind of you to say [nt]

I absolutely love it! Congrats! [nt]

Thank you. It's a good watch [nt]

Typo: My apologies - the watch's nickname is the São Gabriel, not San Gabriel. It was, after all, a Portuguese vessel. [nt]

A curious but interesting cocktail. I didn't know that one! Thanks for sharing and for the education. [nt]

That's a good way of describing it. A cocktail of a watch made up of ingredients from the 1930s-1940s, the 1960s, the 1990s, and to be considered today in the 2020s. [nt]

Yes or a kind of Zenith historical synopsis. [nt]

Here it is in the metal: the 1997 Zenith El Primero São Gabriel: a beautifully-proportioned 38mm build from the 1990s, 1960s movement and 1930s-1940s look. Pleased.