BASELREVIEW2017
Classic & Dress
GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL
SIXTIES ICONIC
SQUARE
THE GLASHÜTTE, GERMANY, based watchmaker introduced a collection of five Sixties Iconic Square
chronographs, released in sets of twenty-five of each color, with dials made by its own dial maker in
Pforzheim. These chronographs, like last year’s round-cased Sixties Iconic collection, again recall the firm’s
“Spezimatic” models produced in the 1960s. Many of those Spezimatic watches incorporated typical 1960s
design elements, including a square cushion shape, domed dials, curved hands and unusually shaped
Arabic numerals.
All these elements can be seen in the new models, which also feature dial colors inspired by the era.
Where you see green, blue, grey, orange and red, Glashütte Original sees Forest, Ocean, Graphite, Tangerine
and Fire.
The five steel models in the Sixties Iconic Square Collection measure 41.35mm x 41.35 mm, and are
powered by in-house automatic chronograph caliber 39-34. All are fitted with a matching Louisiana alligator
leather strap: brown for the models featuring green or ‘tangerine’ dials, with black on the grey, blue and red
dials. Production of the five models in the Sixties Iconic Square Collection is limited to twenty-five pieces each
hue. Price: $9,700.
ZENITH
HERITAGE
146
ZENITH RETROFITS AN EL PRIMERO fast-beat chronograph movement into one of its classic 1960s designs to create this latest watch. Zenith underscores the new watch’s unabashedly
retro look with the choice of a tropical brown dial or a blue dial atop a typical date-free 1960s two-counter chronograph layout and a 38mm-diameter steel case.
This new Zenith Heritage 146 offers a chronograph with central sweep-seconds hand and 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock and a tachometric scale. Instead of the earlier model’s
18,000-vph rhythm, the El Primero Calibre 4069 inside this new homage beats at 36,000 vibrations per hour. Regulated and adjusted to meet chronometer standards, the column-
wheel chronograph caliber drives a tenth-of-a-second display and has a power reserve that exceeds fifty hours. The very up-to-date screw-down sapphire crystal caseback has an
anti-reflective treatment on both sides, though the strap is a decidedly retro racing-style offered in a choice of brown or blue rubber-lined calfskin leather. Price: $7,700.
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