By Jovan Krstevski
Remember how Zenith rolled out the Chronomaster Original Triple Calendar last year in stainless steel? Everyone loved that compact 38mm package that threw it way back to the classic A386 from ’69. Well, now they’ve cranked up the fancy factor with an 18k rose gold version.
Same petite 38mm case, nice and slim-ish at 14mm thick, with those sharp pump pushers and the sloping lugs. They kept the vintage flavor strong, but now with a black dial that plays off those rose gold sub-dials like a charm. You’ve got the full triple calendar setup; day at 9 o’clock, month at 3, date tucked away at 4:30, plus a moon phase sitting pretty inside the 60-minute sub-dial at 6.
The kicker here is that instead of the usual tachymeter scale, it has the 1/10th of a second timing ring running around the edge. That’s pure El Primero magic right there; thanks to the high-beat 5Hz movement (the El Primero 3610), the chronograph hand zooms around the dial every 10 seconds instead of doing the slow crawl over a full minute.
Flip it over and there’s an open caseback showing off that star-shaped rotor and some slick finishing. Plus, you’re getting a beefy 60-hour power reserve, so it’ll keep ticking through the weekend even if you set it down Friday night.
Strapped up on black calfskin leather with a rose gold clasp, it just oozes that “I’ve got my life together” energy without screaming for attention. Priced at CHF 25,400 or EUR 27,400, it’s not exactly beer money, but you’re getting a helluva lot of watch for it.
