![]() ![]() ![]() This isn’t any ordinary watch collaboration, folks. Its late 1960’s aesthetic is modernised with the El Primero 3600 paired with an unprecedented opaline salmon dial and chronograph counters in three shades of grey. #ZenithxHodinkee: The Chronomaster Original Hodinkee Edition reinterprets the modern chronograph icon. But I’m thrilled that enough people liked what we created to say they are all already sold out,” Clymer added. And certainly nobody needed the one we launched today – our second collaboration with Zenith in six years of limited editions. “I’m always the first person to say that nobody needs watches. “When we launched our first collaboration with Zenith, we asked if they could bring back that “Striking Tenth” caliber – but were told it simply wasn’t ready,” recalled Clymer via an Instagram post.įast forward to 2022, and Hodinkee has once again teamed up with Swiss watchmaking powerhouse Zenith for one incredible, extremely limited Chronomaster Original. Only this time, with the Striking Tenth caliber in tow. This mind-blowing watchmaking feat served as the impetus for the first Zenith x Hodinkee collaboration in 2016 – but without the ‘striking tenth’ calibre, which was put on pause for many years due to ‘reliability issues’. Hodinkee founder Ben Clymer took to Instagram this week to reference the first time he wore the Zenith ‘El Primero Striking Tenth’ Chronograph way back in 2011 – a limited edition watch that was described as “hacked” thanks to its El Primero caliber that allowed the seconds hand to beat faster providing 1/10th of a second accuracy. ![]()
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