That’s a given right?Īfter that, the car needs to have some practicality really. If you know that your kid is going to go tearing around the garden and over grassy terrain, then you would be far better off with one of our buggy’s or UTV’s. However, if you were looking to match the car you already own to this new toy (like the Mercedes, Audi, or Bentley), then we have you covered. Not only do we sell the most popular brands. We also sell a large selection of the different models available. Modern heritage would appear to be a misnomer of terms but it describes the new Zenith Chronomaster Revival “Shadow” to a tee. After all, Aurel Bacs, the auctioneer credited for sky-rocketing vintage Paul Newman Rolex Daytona prices, has been casting his sights on the next “new old” big thing – Zenith. After all, in November 2019, Bacs and partner-in-crime, Alex Ghotbi, Phillips’s head of watches, made history with a trio of unique El Primmer chronographs. Why? Auction houses typically sell vintage collectible timepieces, theirs was a unique trio of new “old” A384 based, limited edition El Primero chronographs, all sold out in under 30 minutes. Consider for a minute, in the midst of already softened economic conditions, a platinum model with lapis lazuli dial sold for a quarter of a million, while 20 gold models and 49 stainless steel models were snapped up like gangbusters. “ – Julian Tornare on balancing Creativity and Provenance New Zenith Chronomaster Revival “Shadow” bets on the brand’s Modern Heritage… and Wins “There absolutely must be. At Zenith we have a century and a half of proud tradition on which to draw but this must be leveraged within the framework of looking to the future – in other words, building on the past to create the future.įast forward 2020, the new Zenith Chronomaster Revival Shadow, is inspired by the same A384 case with one key distinction – a modernesque black colour, monochromatic aesthetic from 1970. Speaking to CEO Julien Tornare on the occasion of LVMH’s inaugural watch week in Dubai, the watch community often struggles with the positioning of one of the industry’s most storied names: a lone watchmaker struggling against all odds at saving the intellectual property and know-how of mechanical watchmaking as a similarly named tech company (of the era) Zenith Radios systematically gutted their latest acquisition.
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