Zenith BaselWorld 90th Anniversary Felix Baumgartner

Basel, April 24th 2013. A privileged partner of BaselWorld since its early days, Zenith celebrated its 90th participation - an absolute record - with the press and its retailers from around the world at a supersonic press conference. Over 150 guests congregated in the Von Bartha Garage art gallery in Basle to attend this exclusive event in the company of Felix Baumgartner and of Jean-Frédéric Dufour, CEO.

ZENITH CELEBRATES ITS 90th BASELWORLD PARTICIPATION

AT SUPERSONIC SPEED

The conference, hosted by Annina Campell, provided a chance to look back at the sporting and scientific feat accomplished by the one and only man to have broken the sound barrier, and to present the El Primero Stratos Flyback Striking 10th that Felix was wearing during his jump from the edge of space.

During the event, guests enjoyed an opportunity to discover the Montre d'Aéronef Type 20 models from the Pilot collection, tributes to the onboard instruments specifically developed for aviation, a field where conditions of use were extremely demanding and put mechanisms to a severe test. Felix Baumgartner was presented with a Pilot Montre d'Aéronef Type 20 GMT, a function that will doubtless prove more vitally important than ever for this extreme traveler.

Données Techniques

Pilot Montre d'Aéronef Type 20 GMT

·     TRIBUTE TO ZENITH'S AVIATION HISTORY

·     NEW 48 MM CASE DIAMETER

·     AUTOMATIC ELITE DUAL TIME 693 Calibre

·     ARABIC NUMERALS ENTIRELY MADE OF SUPERLUMINOVA

·     Zenith FLYING INSTRUMENTS LOGO ON CASE-BACKS

·     LIMITED EDITION of 500 units for the ReD Baron edition

Movement

Elite 693, automatic

Calibre: 11½ ``` (Diameter: 25.6 mm)

Thickness: 3.94 mm

Components: 186

Jewels: 26

Frequency: 28,800 VpH – (4 Hz)

Power-reserve: min. 50 hours

Finishings: Oscillating weight with "Côtes de Genève" pattern.

Functions

Hours and minutes in the centre

Small seconds at 9 o'clock

24-hour second time-zone indicator

Case, Dial & Hands

Material: Titanium case with DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) coating or stainless steel case

Diameter: 48 mm

Diameter opening: 40 mm

Thickness: 15.80 mm

Crystal: Box-shaped sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides

Case-back: Zenith Flying Instruments logo

Water-resistance: 10 ATM

Dial: Matt black

Hour-markers: SuperLuminova SLN C1

Hands: Black ruthenium, satin-brushed

REFERENCES

03.2430.693/21.C723
Brown calfskin leather strap and steel pin buckle

96.2430.693/21.C703
Black calfskin strap and steel pin buckle with DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) coating

Red Baron, limited edition of 500 units

MANUFACTURE ZENITH

Founded in Le Locle in 1865 by a visionary watchmaker, Georges Favre-Jacot, the Manufacture Zenith earned swift recognition for the precision of its chronometers with which it has won 2,333 chronometry prizes in a century and a half of existence: an absolute record in terms of pocket watches, onboard timers and wristwatches. Having earned fame thanks to its legendary El Primero calibre – an integrated automatic column-wheel chronograph movement launched in 1969 and endowed with a high frequency of 36,000 vibrations per hour that ensures measurements accurate to the nearest 1/10^th of a second – the Manufacture Zenith has since developed over 600 movement variations. All Zenith watches are fitted with an in-house Zenith movement and are developed by the Manufacture in Le Locle. The latter currently stands at the exact spot where its founder built the first company workshop, thus physically embodying a continuity that is a rarity in itself.

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