The Story Of Charles Vermot - The Man Who Saved The El Primero

An amazing story.

Baselworld 2019: Why the Zenith El Primero calibre survived when the quartz crisis hit Switzerland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WBIK45CwhM

The Story Of Charles Vermot, The Man Who Saved The El Primero (And Possibly Zenith)
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/ch...ossibly-zenith

Charles Vermot - Saviour of the Zenith El Primero (in French but English subs can be auto-generated)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9BldGDz4U0

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The El Primero in the pic is a Zenith A. Cairelli Chronograph CP-2, for the Italian army.

All You Need to Know About the Zenith A. Cairelli Chronograph CP-2
https://www.revolution.watch/the-tal...ronograph-cp2/

The re-issue
https://www.watchonista.com/articles...cairelli-model