Zenith

Zenith’s Academy collection contains an impressive timepiece, set in an elegant round case. Christophe Colomb is equipped with a tourbillon with a hand decorated movement visible from the dial, which is an excellent example of Zenith's watch making expertise.

Here before you is one of the most famous movement in watchmaking history, the one that every enthusiast around the world is capable of naming. Is is currently the world’s most accurate series-produced movement. Its secret lies in the cadence of its balance. While the others generally perform 8 vibrations per second at best, the El Primero caliber beats 10 times in that same second. Its development has been accompanied by a number of breakthrough innovations, including dry lubrication that ensures excellent long-term stability, and the power reserve that had to be optimised to match the higher and more energy consuming frequency.

In 1865, a young Georges Favre-Jacot founded the Zenith watch company in Le Locle, Switzerland, inspired by a vision to create a self-sufficient watch manufacture. Throughout its long history, the Zenith watch company has obtained over 1 500 awards, and created more than 50 distinguished mechanical movements.