Still, relative to the size of the case, the registers are quite large. Lastly, the color of the 30-minute blue register references a sort of middle ground as an important unit of measurement for the chronograph, minutes aren't as fleeting as seconds or imperceptible as hours. At 6 o'clock, the 12-hour register is colored dark grey, a reminder of the long duration of time the column-wheel chronograph is capable of recording. The 60-second register at 9 o'clock is colored light silver to denote the ethereal, fleeting nature of time. Interestly, there is more conceptual depth to those boldly colored registers, long a trademark of the El Primero. While it was great to see a conservatively-sized case, at first glance, the dial, with less real estate than its 42 mm contemporary brethren, seemed congested with its large intersecting tri-color registers. When I first tried on the Zenith El Primero Original 1969, with its 38 mm case (based on the original 1969 dimensions), I wasn't immediately blown away.
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