It’s 2021, and if we have learned anything from the first half of the year, it’s that watch brands are feeling a little green.
In its fairly short tenure, Zenith has used the A384 Revival as a canvas for some colorful and historically inspired designs, the new Safari watch being the latest.
The model’s microblasted titanium case is sized at 37 mm in diameter and designed in the barrel-shaped style of the aforementioned A384 El Primero case that Zenith used for some of its earliest El Primero models from 1969.
With a tachymetric scale curving along the outer edge, the dial sports a familiar three-register chronograph style, with a 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock, a 12-hour counter at 6 o’clock, and running seconds at 9 o’clock, surrounded by applied numerals and a sporty printed minute ring in white.
And while the more utility-focused Seiko series is obviously priced rather below Zenith’s luxury chronograph offering, the two in context hint at a continued experimentation in colorways by brands across the industry spanning several price categories.
The 50-meter water resistant case contains Zenith’s El Primero 400 Automatic movement, a high-beat caliber installed frequently by the brand in watches from its Revival series, most recently within the El Primero Chronomaster A385 Revival and One-of-a-Kind El Primero A386 among others.