{"product_id":"zenith-chronomaster-03-1260-4021-02-c505","title":"2018 Zenith Chronomaster El Primero 45MM Silver Dial Leather Strap (03.1260.4021\/02.C505)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe seller represents this timepiece as being in very good condition. It includes the boxes (inner and outer), additional items, and papers dated 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1970s, the Swiss watch industry was ordered to abandon mechanical movements in favor of quartz. A Zenith engineer named Charles Vermot refused. He gathered the El Primero's tooling, blueprints, and components and hid them behind a false ceiling in the Le Locle manufacture attic, concealing them until the crisis passed. That act of defiance saved the world's first automatic integrated chronograph, and the Chronomaster XXT Open exists as a direct tribute to what was preserved. The 45mm stainless steel case carries calibre 4021, a descendant of that original movement, beating at 36,000 vph for 1\/10th second precision that conventional chronographs cannot match. The Open treatment cuts away a portion of the silver dial at 9 o'clock to expose the escapement in motion, the balance wheel visible and swinging with a cadence that makes the complication tangible rather than theoretical. Roman numeral hour markers, a power reserve indicator, and chronograph functions complete the picture. The sapphire caseback reveals the full movement. On the brown alligator strap with steel deployant buckle, it carries the weight of that story lightly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grailzee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52592216375428,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/3175\/2836\/files\/main-media-image-2088981.webp?v=1785871519","url":"https:\/\/grailzee.com\/products\/zenith-chronomaster-03-1260-4021-02-c505","provider":"Grailzee","version":"1.0","type":"link"}