Zenith has come out with their first repeater, based on their tried and true El Primero Chronograph. That means the Academy Minute Repeater inherits the 36,000 BPH automatic movement and chronograph functions, though pared down to only a 30 minute totalizer. The drawback is that the El Primero is a pretty beefy caliber already, and adding a repeater on top has thickened it significantly, yielding a final case thickness of 16.5mm which, even on a 45mm case is pretty damn thick. The rest of the specs are as expected, for the case 18kt gold, AR-coated sapphire crystals and an alligator strap with 18kt deployant. Movement specs are 46 jewels and a power-reserve of 50 hours for the new El Primero 4043 caliber.
And a shot of the under-dial works, where all the repeating magic happens
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