Zenith’s 1990s El Primero Chronographs Offer Neovintage Collecting Options

First reported

Rescapement · 12 Oct 2026, 18:21 UTC

Found by WristBible

12 Oct 2026, 18:21 UTC

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Zenith’s 1990s De Luca, Rainbow Flyback and Chronomaster chronographs feature among neovintage collecting options, with six examples offered below $7,000. Ebel and its then-CEO Pierre-Alain Blum helped revive demand for the El Primero calibre by ordering movements in the 1980s, before Rolex adopted it for the Daytona in 1988.

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• RescapementForget Ebel. Zenith did the 90s El Primero best12 Oct 2026, 18:21 UTC