Zenith EL PRIMERO series, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...OPER ATING INSTRUC TIONS...

Page 2: ...ZENITH BRANCH OF LVMH SWISS MANUFACTURES SA BILLODES 34 2400 LE LOCLE SWITZERLAND INFO ZENITH WATCHES COM 41 32 930 62 62...

Page 3: ...S INTRODUCTION 5 INTERNATIONAL GUARANTEE 6 LEGAL PROVISIONS 8 EL PRIMERO 10 ELITE 23 EL PRIMERO 21 31 ZENITH OSCILLATOR CALIBRE 9100 43 HAUTE HORLOGERIE 49 COMPLICATIONS EL PRIMERO 68 COMPLICATIONS EL...

Page 4: ...ZENITH THE FUTURE OF SWISS WATCHMAKING SINCE 1865...

Page 5: ...a second display on the Defy El Primero 21 adopting a brand new approach to precision mechanics for the world s most accurate watch the 21st century Defy Lab Inspired by newly reinforced links to the...

Page 6: ...ollowing cumulative conditions are observed The watch has been purchased from an official dealer as approved by Zenith you can find the list of all authorised point of sales on our website zenith watc...

Page 7: ...rvice centres This guarantee automatically cancels and replaces all other guarantees incorporated in national legislation Certain local regulations especially within the European Union may forbid the...

Page 8: ...are not used to finance armed conflicts at least to his knowledge and or according to written guarantees issued by the supplier of these precious stones These gems have been carefully selected from t...

Page 9: ...ROCESS CLEAN DIAMONDS The Kimberley process is the product of a joint initiative between governments the industry and civil society Adopted in 2003 by more than 75 countries it aims to curb the trade...

Page 10: ...EL PRIMERO...

Page 11: ...serve had to be optimised to compensate for the increased energy consumption caused by this higher oscillating rate All Zenith watches are equipped with a Zenith Manufacture movement There are few bra...

Page 12: ...RIMERO MOVEMENT REQUIRES MONTHS OF WORK EXPERT CRAFTSMANSHIP MULTIPLE SUCCESSIVE OPERATIONS MILLING OPERATIONS OF THE DIAL SIDE MILLING OPERATIONS OF THE BRIDGE SIDE VARIOUS METALS IN THE CLASSIC VERS...

Page 13: ...BLY WITH FINE ADJUSTMENT POWER RESERVE 50 HOURS MINIMUM 60 HOURS MINIMUM FOR THE EL PRIMERO 3600 VERSION CENTRAL ROTOR ON BALL BEARING BIDIRECTIONAL AUTOMATIC WINDING QUICK DATE CORRECTION CHRONOGRAPH...

Page 14: ...the crown or the effect of the oscillating weight When the watch is worn the motion of the wrist activates the oscillating weight to wind the movement In order for the automatic winding to work prope...

Page 15: ...30 times clockwise The barrel that contains the mainspring has now been wound If you do not wear your watch during the night turn the crown a few times the following morning before you put it on Note...

Page 16: ...he movement Start by performing one complete rotation to 12 o clock to check the part of the day for which you are setting the time if the date changes when the hand passes 12 o clock your watch is sh...

Page 17: ...Rotate the hands clockwise to indicate the desired time At the time signal push the crown back against the case 1 2 17 1 Pull the crown out to position 1 Rotate the hands clockwise to indicate the des...

Page 18: ...rown out to position 1 and move the hands to between 2 o clock and 6 o clock by rotating them clockwise For models with an annual calendar move the hands to between 4 o clock and 6 o clock Pull the cr...

Page 19: ...or the El Primero 3600 version Pull the crown out to position 1 Rotate the crown until the desired date appears Once the date has been set you can set the time Push the crown back against the case 19...

Page 20: ...NG THE TRIPLE CALENDAR MONTH For models that indicate the month scroll through the dates to the desired month and set the date The month changes at midnight on the 31st Push the crown back against the...

Page 21: ...rtant do not use a pen or other pointed object Depending on the model Tip to verify the morning AM or afternoon PM time based on the date movement we recommend setting the date to the day before the d...

Page 22: ...o screw the pushers back in after the operation Start Stop Press the pusher A once to start timekeeping and again to stop Resuming the timekeeping function Press the pusher A again to resume the timek...

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Page 24: ...in the same year Born of outstanding and unique experience and renowned throughout the watchmaking world more than 5 years of research went into its creation It requires in excess of 4500 production o...

Page 25: ...LS 26 MINIMUM FREQUENCY 28 800 VIBRATIONS HOUR POWER RESERVE 50 HOURS MINIMUM ANTI SHOCK DEVICES INDEX ASSEMBLY WITH FINE ADJUSTMENT CENTRAL ROTOR ON BALL BEARING BIDIRECTIONAL AUTOMATIC WINDING INSTA...

Page 26: ...ement is wound via the crown or the effect of the oscillating weight When the watch is worn the motion of the wrist activates the oscillating weight to wind the movement In order for the automatic win...

Page 27: ...crown at least 30 times clockwise The barrel that contains the mainspring has now been wound If you do not wear your watch during the night turn the crown a few times the following morning before you...

Page 28: ...o avoid damaging the movement Start by performing one complete rotation to 12 o clock to check the part of the day for which you are setting the time if the date changes when the hand passes 12 o cloc...

Page 29: ...Pull out the crown fully The second hand stops Rotate the hands clockwise to indicate the desired time At the time signal push the crown back against the case 29 1 2...

Page 30: ...l the desired date appears Once the date has been set you can set the time crown in position 2 Push the crown back against the case Note the watch keeps running while the date is being set Tip to veri...

Page 31: ...EL PRIMERO 21...

Page 32: ...inish of the highest possible quality and optimum performance and accuracy on the wrist First released in 1969 the world s most accurate series made chronograph entered a new era of mechanical timekee...

Page 33: ...chain structure This means that the time display and chronograph each have their own completely independent mechanism with its own barrel and high frequency escapement The chronograph movement oscilla...

Page 34: ...NUMBER OF JEWELS 53 NUMBER OF COMPONENTS 301 2 BARRELS Watch power reserve 50 hours Frequency 36 000 vibrations hour 5 Hz Unidirectional automatic winding Chronograph power reserve approximately 50 mi...

Page 35: ...NS Hours and minutes in the centre Small second at 9 o clock Chronograph Central 1 100th of a second hand 30 minute counter at 3 o clock Second counter at 6 o clock Chronograph power reserve at 12 o c...

Page 36: ...r for the automatic winding to work properly the watch must be worn for at least 12 hours per day for several days WHEN YOUR WATCH HAS STOPPED Not wearing the watch enough causes it to stop With the w...

Page 37: ...Note when wound the power reserve of your watch is approximately 50 hours but this does not appear on the dial Only the chronograph power reserve appears on the dial of your watch 37...

Page 38: ...eart pieces and an exclusive starter mechanism which ensures reliable operation under all circumstances and allows the chronograph second tenths and hundredths displays to be simultaneously reset The...

Page 39: ...Note when fully wound the chronograph power reserve is around 50 minutes The power reserve is displayed above the Zenith logo 39...

Page 40: ...the highest accuracy and can be adjusted to different positions and under a range of temperatures The El Primero 9004 movement has been certified as a chronometer by TIMELAB in Geneva It has been test...

Page 41: ...SET TING THE TIME Pull the crown out to position 1 Rotate the hands to indicate the desired time At the time signal push the crown back against the case 41 1...

Page 42: ...t timekeeping and again to stop Resuming the timekeeping function Press the pusher A again to resume the timekeeping function Resetting Once the chronograph has stopped press the pusher B firmly to se...

Page 43: ...ZENITH OSCILL ATOR CALIBRE 9100...

Page 44: ...he result of an unprecedented scientific approach to performance it supersedes the spring balance used in mechanical watchmaking for three and a half centuries This major innovation brings multiple be...

Page 45: ...No need for lubrication Insensitive to magnetic fields MOVEMENT CALIBRE 9100 CALIBRE 14 DIAMETER 32 80 MM THICKNESS 8 39 MM NUMBER OF COMPONENTS 171 NUMBER OF JEWELS 20 FREQUENCY 129 600 VIBRATIONS H...

Page 46: ...ement is wound via the crown or the effect of the oscillating weight When the watch is worn the motion of the wrist activates the oscillating weight to wind the movement In order for the automatic win...

Page 47: ...it to stop Hold the watch in your hand and turn the crown at least 72 times clockwise The barrel that contains the mainspring has now been wound If you do not wear your watch during the night turn the...

Page 48: ...ith the Zenith Oscillator movement 9100 ZO have a stop second mechanism that stops the wheel and the oscillator that regulates the watch This allows the time to be accurately set on the reference cloc...

Page 49: ...HAUTE HORLOGERIE...

Page 50: ...ssful Imagine if you will that the mechanism that measures the time must remain flat while the wearer is driving a car or skippering a catamaran this will give you an idea of the extreme complexity of...

Page 51: ...EST POSITION FOR AN ESCAPEMENT IS HORIZONTAL This position guarantees optimal amplitude and regularity of the balance On a classic tourbillon the gravitational field is corrected on the basis of the e...

Page 52: ...t rebelled against fixed ideas attributes shared by both the visionary explorer and the designers of this daring complication WINDING THE WATCH The sector that indicates the remaining power reserve is...

Page 53: ...ut to position 1 Rotate the hands in either direction to indicate the desired time At the time signal push the crown back against the case Note for models featuring the Fusee Chain complication pull t...

Page 54: ...ciple has been used since the 15th century in particular by Leonardo da Vinci This principle enables a constant torque to be maintained throughout the watch s power reserve in this case 50 hours 54 Ba...

Page 55: ...g increases proportionally on the fusee This is the lever principle a high force on a small arm is equal to a low force on a large arm The shape of the fusee is calculated point by point for a defined...

Page 56: ...to wind the chain on the fusee and reload the barrel spring Once the chain is fully wound a lock prevents further rotation Never force the crown as this could result in breakage A graduated sector in...

Page 57: ...SETTING THE TIME Pull the crown out to position 2 Rotate the hands to indicate the desired time At the time signal push the crown back against the case 57 1 2...

Page 58: ...rs Important the perpetual calendar should be set in the following order SETTING THE DATE To set the date counter at 3 o clock press the corrector A several times using the Zenith Time Tool until the...

Page 59: ...H Press the month corrector C until the desired month appears noting the leap years represented by the fourth quarter of the month counter counter at 12 o clock The leap year is shown in a different c...

Page 60: ...w or position the hand on the full moon by pressing the corrector D several times using the Zenith Time Tool Using the lunar calendar see page 83 find the last full moon and count the number of days u...

Page 61: ...s since the last hour and the number of minutes since the last quarter hour Three different chimes are used to indicate the hours quarter hours and minutes The hours are indicated by a low chime the q...

Page 62: ...ime mechanism push the winding lever C upwards and maintain the position for 2 seconds before releasing the lever A locking device only releases the repeater mechanism if the lever has reached the end...

Page 63: ...entional time compared to the time shown on a sun dial In very literal terms if your watch were to have an appointment with the sun every day at the precise moment its hands indicated noon it would ob...

Page 64: ...calendar and displays it at 9 o clock on the front It is this paradox that the Le Locle based Manufacture sought to reconcile when it began designing its prestigious new timepiece For the very first...

Page 65: ...he movement cage had to be shifted and the gears rebuilt to preserve the perfect symmetry on the dial between the power reserve and equation of time displays EQUATION OF TIME FUNCTION The hand indicat...

Page 66: ...using the corrector located at 2 o clock Each press on the corrector produces a day correction Rotate the graduated disc until the correct date is shown opposite the index The disc is divided into la...

Page 67: ...COMPLICATIONS...

Page 68: ...EL PRIMERO...

Page 69: ...The graduated sector with the to indications shows the remaining power reserve power reserve full power reserve empty or very low 69 POWER RESERVE FUNC TION...

Page 70: ...keeping operation to reset all the counters and automatically start another timekeeping operation when the pusher B is released This allows timekeeping to be stopped and a new timekeeping operation st...

Page 71: ...This allows a partial time to be recorded Press the pusher A again to enable the split second to catch up with the other timekeeping hand and continue the original timekeeping operation This operatio...

Page 72: ...rrent time zone Using the crown at 11 o clock position the city on the 12 o clock marker Set the time Pay attention to the day night indicator sun star on the 24 hour disc For example when it is 10 10...

Page 73: ...ation appears in the green zone The alarm is wound Pull the crown out to position 1 and turn it in either direction to indicate the desired alarm time with the blue or red hand Push the crown back aga...

Page 74: ...n out to position 1 NIGHT PHASE To set the moon phase without damaging the movement the hands must be in the lower part of the dial between 3 o clock and 9 o clock Position the full moon in the centre...

Page 75: ...Example today is 23rd October 2019 The last full moon was on 13th October Press the corrector 10 times to set the moon phase 75 Y X...

Page 76: ...ober 31st October 30th November 30th December 2021 28th January 27th February 28th March 27th April 26th May 24th June 24th July 22nd August 20th September 20th October 19th November 19th December 76...

Page 77: ...ember 28th October 27th November 27th December 2024 25th January 24th February 25th March 23rd April 23rd May 22nd June 21st July 19th August 18th September 17th October 15th November 15th December 77...

Page 78: ...26th October 24th November 24th December 2027 22nd January 20th February 22nd March 20th April 20th May 19th June 18th July 17th August 15th September 15th October 14th November 13th December 2028 12...

Page 79: ...o not need to correct the date Example you want to set the date to Thursday 26th May SETTING THE DAY OF THE WEEK Pull the crown out to position 1 Rotate the hands clockwise to display the day of the w...

Page 80: ...want to set e g 25th for the 26th Finally set the time by rotating the hands clockwise Once the hands pass midnight the day and date will be set automatically Finally you can set the exact time befor...

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Page 82: ...24 hours read on the external scale 1 24 To move the 24 hour hand to the time in the desired location press the pusher A located at 10 o clock on the case The hand moves forward one hour each time the...

Page 83: ...n the full moon in the centre of its window by pressing the corrector on the side of the case several times using the Zenith Time Tool Using the lunar calendar find the last full moon and count the nu...

Page 84: ...window by turning the crown in either direction Using the lunar calendar find the last full moon and count the number of days up to the present day Turn the notched crown one turn one day until the d...

Page 85: ...ober 31st October 30th November 30th December 2021 28th January 27th February 28th March 27th April 26th May 24th June 24th July 22nd August 20th September 20th October 19th November 19th December 85...

Page 86: ...ember 28th October 27th November 27th December 2024 25th January 24th February 25th March 23rd April 23rd May 22nd June 21st July 19th August 18th September 17th October 15th November 15th December 86...

Page 87: ...26th October 24th November 24th December 2027 22nd January 20th February 22nd March 20th April 20th May 19th June 18th July 17th August 15th September 15th October 14th November 13th December 87 2028...

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