Highsnobiety
Zenith

As much as it hurts to admit it, more often than not, classic is better. It's the reason we all clamor for vintage, a time before incredible mass-scale production and the decline in quality that comes with it. No industry exemplifies the beauty of a classic like automotive and watches. Both will leave you in a nostalgia trap, wishing you were born in another era – and we have pieces like Zenith's El Primero to thank for that.

Steeped in history, the original Zenith El Primero touched down in the late 60s, bringing a new wave of design and engineering to the industry. Heralded, to this day, for being the best automatic chronograph movement of its time, it's only right that the watch served as the basis for the latest collaboration between Zenith and Hondinkee.

Your Highsnobiety privacy settings have blocked this Instagram post.

Delivered as a celebration of the watch's legacy, the Zenith Chronomaster Original Limited Edition For Hodinkee is a labor of love, a modernization that maintains the highest regarded elements of the piece while elevating them to a contemporary standard.

Regarded by both brands as an evolved classic, the watch borrows the "perfectly-sized" 38mm x 12.6mm case of the 2021 Chronomaster Original, outfitting it with a matte salmon opaline dial, resulting in a luxurious finish that is equally as modern as it is classic.

Your Highsnobiety privacy settings have blocked this Instagram post.

Touches of grey-green contrasted with white elevate the watch's face, while the stainless steel case gives the overlook a truly vintage finish.

Unfortunately, like all good classics, the Zenith Chronomaster Original Limited Edition For Hodinkee is very limited, with only 300 pieces produced worldwide – which you can shop online at Hondinkee.

We Recommend
  • RZA and Ballantine’s Celebrate The Final Drop Of Their Partnership
    • Design
    • sponsored
  • Today's Best Luxury Watches? All Designed By Women
    • Style
  • Dior, Balenciagia, and Other Forgotten Delights of ‘60s Air Travel
    • Culture
  • We Went Shopping for Omega x Swatch at Resale & Here's What We Found
    • Style
  • Deliver A Strong Watch Game with CITIZEN TSUYOSA
    • Watches
    • sponsored
What To Read Next
  • Alessandro Michele & Valentino Are Official
    • Style
  • Maha's adidas Sneakers Are Gems (Jade Stones Included)
    • Sneakers
  • Thundercat: Bassist, Singer, Gamer, Fashion Designer (EXCLUSIVE)
    • Style
  • Sneakers Keep Catching Flats (Soles, That Is)
    • Sneakers
  • New Balance's 2024 Line-Up Is Hella Stacked!
    • Sneakers
  • Why Are Famous People Obsessed With Cowboycore?
    • Style
*If you submitted your e-mail address and placed an order, we may use your e-mail address to inform you regularly about similar products without prior explicit consent. You can object to the use of your e-mail address for this purpose at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic tariffs. Each newsletter contains an unsubscribe link. Alternatively, you can object to receiving the newsletter at any time by sending an e-mail to info@highsnobiety.com

Web Accessibility Statement

Titel Media GmbH (Highsnobiety), is committed to facilitating and improving the accessibility and usability of its Website, www.highsnobiety.com. Titel Media GmbH strives to ensure that its Website services and content are accessible to persons with disabilities including users of screen reader technology. To accomplish this, Titel Media GmbH tests, remediates and maintains the Website in-line with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), which also bring the Website into conformance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Disclaimer

Please be aware that our efforts to maintain accessibility and usability are ongoing. While we strive to make the Website as accessible as possible some issues can be encountered by different assistive technology as the range of assistive technology is wide and varied.

Contact Us

If, at any time, you have specific questions or concerns about the accessibility of any particular webpage on this Website, please contact us at accessibility@highsnobiety.com, +49 (0)30 235 908 500. If you do encounter an accessibility issue, please be sure to specify the web page and nature of the issue in your email and/or phone call, and we will make all reasonable efforts to make that page or the information contained therein accessible for you.