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I keep hearing about the El Primero being a legendary movement, but what makes it so special? Is it very shock resistant for a chronograph? Is it the 36000vph? Is it antimagnetic before it became the norm? Or a horizontal clutch with little wear over time? Please enlighten me.

@@maocena5993 The El Primero was one of the first three automatic chronographs and with the Seiko 6139, was one o the first two _integrated_ automatic chronographs. It is unique because it runs at 36,000 vph, which actually _is_ quite special and one of the reasons I want one. Secondly, the El Primero is an in-house movement and Zenith have provided them to other manufacturers, including Movado and most notably, Rolex It is perhaps most remarkable for its story. It was first released in 1969 and remained in production throughout the quartz crisis but almost failed to survive. The company was bought out with American money and the movement and all the tooling was order to be destroyed. A Zenith employee, Charles Vermot, wasn't having any of that and rather than obeying company instructions, moved all the tooling, machines, documentation and even some complete movements into the attic of the factory and bricked up the door. The company struggled. About seven years later, Rolex were looking for a new movement for the Daytona, which was becoming extremely dated with its manual wind Valjoux 72. When they approached Zenith, they found Vermot, who had retired, and between them, they took everything out of the attic and were producing El Primeros for Rolex in a very short space of time. So Zenith saved the Daytona and Rolex saved the El Primero and probably Zenith too. While the El Primero Rolexes were detuned to 28,800 vph, the Zenith watches continued to operate at design speed and in the more recent years, have been modified to do some incredible things from measuring tenths of a second to even hundredths for the Defy 21.

That is an amazing watch you’ve got 👍👍

An annoying 21mm

@@chrisgonyaw6932 Is it the same for the 42mm version?

@@thethirdman225 this is the 42mm version

@@chrisgonyaw6932 Okay, got it. Thanks.

Rhodium is more expensive than gold. A more precious metal. Harder and will last longer. Epic fail by the below commenter. 👍

Do you think oyster bracelet will fit on this? Also does this bracelet taper down?

Also those two things are not mutually exclusive

What are you trying to say exactly? White gold is much cheaper than rhodium. Rhodium is a much more expensive metal. And harder and corrosive resistant. Rolex gold plates their hands and indices. Not solid gold.

How much did you pay?

Yes the aqua terra’s hands and indexes are white gold

@@chrisgonyaw6932 I have this watch with the blue dial version. The AD never mentioned any white gold in the watch.

Ern C I just had my 2503.50 over hauled and yes it indeed has white gold indices. I had the dial replaced, cost over $320.00 just for the dial, i asked Omega why and they said because the dial contains gold indicies. Expensive but worth it.

@@chelious1973 im happy to know that! Thanks for the info.

No, they are rhodium plated.

Gloss black

You mean a wood table?

So is Rolex...?

Sorry it took so long to respond, the watch does wear kind of large. The lug to lug is no joke...with your wrist under 7”, and keep in mind my wrist is very flat(so...wide and not tall) the watch may over hang on your wrist (not the best look) definitely TRY IT ON first.

Thanks for taking your time to answer! It looks great on you. I'll definitely try it first

@@maximoplf probably a bit late but their 38mm is beautifully proportioned for smaller wrists and has a cleaner dial without the millisecond Marks imo

7” and pretty square