ZENITH’s CHRONOMASTER Sport METEORITE Is an Ace From Space

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A shard of the cosmos, ticking with terrestrial time — ZENITH’s CHRONOMASTER Sport METEORITE is not just a watch; it's a celestial narrative forged in steel and stardust. Marrying the raw, frozen geometry of a meteorite dial with the blistering precision of the El Primero 3600 calibre, this chronograph isn’t merely worn — it orbits the wrist.

Winner of the 2021 GPHG "Chronograph" Prize, the CHRONOMASTER Sport already stood at the pinnacle of precision, capable of measuring time to a tenth of a second. Now, it transcends — with a dial born in the void of deep space, hand-finished to reveal the meteorite’s Widmanstätten pattern, a structure etched not by man, but by cosmic millennia. The tri-colour subdials — silver, grey, anthracite — anchor the galactic to the mechanical, offset by a luminous clarity that ensures legibility from starlight to streetlight.

Framed in a 41mm stainless steel case, with a black ceramic bezel and classic pump pushers, it nods to the iconic 1969 A386, while pushing ever forward. Flip it over, and the sapphire caseback reveals the heartbeat: the 5Hz El Primero 3600 — with its blue column wheel and skeletonized rotor — a kinetic sculpture of horological mastery.

Offered on a steel bracelet with a bonus rubber strap, this timepiece, once exclusive to Japan, is now available worldwide — but only through ZENITH boutiques and authorized retailers.