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Description The famous Zenith chronograph HP 146 Classic Form & Simple Beauty from Zenith The Zenith HP 146 chronograph was one of the most famous from the Zenith House. A beautiful set-up with a dial featuring the three iconic sub registers. Item description: Gold plated case with black dial featuring three sub-registers. The dial signed ‘Chronographie HP 146’. The reverse of the case with a crystal back allowing the beautiful movement to be seen without taking a case-back off. Complete with a black leather faux crocodile strap and gold-plated buckle. It is believed this watch was a part of a batch of HP 146 movements re-cased by Gerd Lang (later of Chronoswiss fame) at the beginning of the 1980s. Case size: 40mm x 35mm excluding crown Condition report: Overall excellent towards near mint condition. Case in beautiful condition free from unsightly scratches or other damage. Original dial. with a nice patina. The glass particularly clean, and free from scratches. The movement clean, and functioning. The timepiece has been opened, so it should not be used near moisture or water without being checked by a qualified watchmaker. Background to Zenith: Watchmaker Georges Favre-Jacot founded the Zenith company in 1865 at the age of 22, opening a workshop in Le Locle in the canton of Neuchâtel. Zenith has a long reputation for the quality and precision of their watches. It is one of the few Swiss watch manufacturers that still produce their own movements in-house. During World War II, Zenith were one of a group of Swiss companies, such as IWC, Longines etc given contracts by Germany to produce military watches for them. Zenith famously created the El Primero calibre, which was first released in 1969, and still produced today. This renowned movement was one of the first automatic chronograph movements and has a frequency of 36,000 alternations per hour (5 Hz). This high rate allows a resolution of 1⁄10 of a second and a potential for greater positional accuracy over the more common standard frequency of 28,800 alternations per hour (4 Hz) Special notes: As description. Provenance: As description. Ordering:
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