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Founded in 1865 by Georges Favre-Jacot in the Swiss Jura Mountains. The name Zenith comes from he word that designates the highest point in the universe, ZENITH.
With rapid success, the company already had over one thousand employees by 1875, producing pocket watches, pendulum clocks and counter instruments for the Navy.
In 1896, with enormous success, Georges Favre-Jacot was awarded a gold medal at the Swiss National Exhibition in Geneva. Four years later, he received honors the World Fair in Paris.
According to legend, in 1911, Favre-Jacot Walking a night under starry skies in the Swiss mountains and the idea came to him was to give the logo of his company of a star, the Dons still watches of the brand today.
In 1920 the company had already produced two million watches. While gaining momentum at a rapid pace, the company expanded and opened branches in Geneva, Moscow, Paris, Vienna, London and New York.
An innovativeBreakthrough came for Zenith in 1969, when the brand introduced the El Primero. Throbbing to 36,000 alternations / hour, the El Primero was the first integrated automatic chronograph, the challenge is a triumph in the smallest area of a lot of technical maximum functionality. Today is the most accurate and automatic chronograph world's fastest.
In 1999 the company changed hands and the Zenith was made by LVMH (Louis Vuitton MoëtHennessy). However, the new owner of tradition and innovation to maintain their priorities, and 4 new movement launched 14 new models and a total of 52 new variations on the Watch Fair in Basel in 2002.
In 2003, the Zenith El Primero Chronomaster Open, a technological innovation offers a look at the heart of the movement through an opening on the dial. This model is fast, the symbol of the Zenith and meets a resounding success.
Demonstrate that theystill one of the best watches in the world, won the award for Zenith Defy Xtreme Stealth Open El Primero Audience Award in the category at the Grand Prix de l'Horlogerie in Geneva 2007
In 2008, Zenith Genius watchmaers revolutionized the word innovation through the introduction of the 8800 Tourbillon Zero-G (zero gravity) movement, an important innovation in the world of watchmaking. This revolutionary system, which includes a gyroscope cage tourbillon and constant horizontalescapement, means the mechanism avoids the effects of gravity and thus gives considerably greater accuracy.
Urbane does not need to say any more about Zenith. They have earned our absolute respect and will always remain a favorite.
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