A sapphire crystal covers both the dial and movement. We still see the same overall architecture though, with pump-style chronograph pushers and a knurled crown. It’s presented in a steel or gold cased version, both measuring 39.5mm in diameter (1.5mm less than the Sport). That’s the easiest way to put it, although there’s more to talk about obviously. The new Zenith Chronomaster Open is essentially a Chronomaster Sport without the ceramic bezel and a hole in its dial. Now, just about a year later, Zenith extends the family tree with the new Zenith Chronomaster Open, taking us back to the early 2000s and dropping that sporty-looking bezel in the process. The brilliantly styled watch combined the sporty look of the ceramic 1/10th of a second scale bezel, with the signature triple-coloured subdials and the high-frequency El Primero 3600 movement. Mr Tornare, take a bow.Last year, Zenith released the superb Chronomaster Sport and it quickly shot to the top of the favourites-list amongst many chronograph enthusiasts.
The Original and quite possibly the best.
There are strap options, too, and, of course, given its role in the watch, the El Primero gets its moment in the sun through a gaping sapphire case back. Cool as that was and is, it’s an acquired taste, so the new collection has a more mainstream three-link bracelet design. Zenith Chronomaster Sport 18.3100.3600/69.C920 ( New ) Case material Rose gold Dial White Add to or follow in your Watch Collection Log in to view this watchs performance and estimated market value. The 1960s model had a laddered design created by specialist Gay Frères, as seen on some of Zenith’s Chronomaster Revival models recently. One area of difference is the bracelet design. Despite the level of detail, and that its squeezed into a relatively small dial by modern chronograph standards, the read-out is fabulously well balanced and, dare I say it, far clearer than on the Chronomaster Sport. (Ironically, what preceded the current caliber 4130 in the Daytona is the caliber 4030, a heavily modified version of, you guessed it, a Zenith El Primero movement. The inner of these still shows 100 segments, now used to break down the ten seconds it takes for the red hand to complete a full tour of the dial the outer, once a tachymeter, now shows the tenths of a second. At 13,150 in steel, it's certainly more expensive than the CS, but it's got similar looks and features. New to the design is how the two scales around the outside edge of the dial are used.
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