Zenith Debuts New Pilot Collection And The El Primero Espada at Baselworld

Zenith Debuts New Pilot Collection And The El Primero Espada at Baselworld

Seth Semilof
By Seth Semilof March 8, 2012

Released today in Baselworld, Zenith debuted the new El Primero Espada timepiece and the Pilot Collection

The El Primero Espada is a three hands watch with an Automatic High Frequency Caliber. The timepiece has a 40 mm case diameter, available in rose gold or stainless steel with 50 hours power reserve

The new Pilot Collection is as the name was inspired by aviation and the Montre d’Aéronef Zenith Type 20 which was carried aloft in many machines in the 1930s and 1940s, including the famous Caudron planes. The Pilot collection is made especially for lovers of aviation and its history, mechanical enthusiasts, and those enamoured with wide-open spaces. It symbolises discovery and exploration, the love of adventure and the development it brings.

The collection includes the Pilot Montre D Aeronof Type 20, a timepiece with a  50 mm diameter,  a 5011K movement oscillating at 18,000 vibrations per hour. The Pilot Montre D Aeronof Type 20
is a 250-piece limited series.

Also a part of the new collection, the Pil0t Doublematic, in 45-mm brushed and polished steel or pink gold case, with the mechanical selfwinding El Primero 4046 movement which shows its skeletonised rotor ends through the sapphire caseback. This 439-piece watch operates at a frequency of 36,000 vibrations per hour and has an ample 50-hour power reserve.

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