Lot 42

Zenith "Chronograph Automatic El Primero", Ref. 01-0200-415, Cal. 3019PHC, 40 x 44 mm, circa 1974
A vintage automatic wristwatch with chronograph, tachy scale and date indicator - original mint condition - so called "TV screen"
Case: steel, screw back, original steel bracelet with clasp, bracelet length 150 mm, total length 190 mm. Dial: blue.
The watch has never been worn and parts of the original protective coating are still there.
"El Primero surely is one of the best known calibres in the watchmaking industry. Even non-insiders or those who take only a fleeting interest in watches are likely to have heard of El Primero - it is a name that stands for supreme quality chronometers. This should not come as a surprise; it is after all a movement built to meet the requirements for over 40 years. Today’s collectors are particularly keen on the models with featuring 3019. As only small series of the individual models were produced that also had a lot of variants, some watches from this time are almost impossible to find nowadays and the prices asked for them are suitably high."
Source: Manfred Rössler, El Primero - der Chronograph, Forstinning 2015, p. 10f

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