How to achieve precision measurements with instruments that are subjected to constant motion that is detrimental to their accuracy. This is one of the key issues that faced adventurous seafarers and still haunts the contemporary watch industry to this day. However, with the Christophe Colomb Limited Edition, Zenith has successfully made it no longer a problem, presenting a model that is able to maintain precision against all odds!

While devoted to one of the greatest maritime adventurers of all time, the Zenith Christophe Colomb watch is also a tribute to a historical heritage, as Zenith produced a Lépine chronometer movement at the beginning of the 20th century whose escapement was already known as the “Echappement Colomb” (Columbus Escapement).

A true accomplishment as it is, the new watch features a 45 mm-diameter case, crafted from 18 carat white, rose or yellow gold. It is fitted with cambered glareproofed sapphire crystals on both sides, with the Gyroscopic system topped by its own sapphire crystal “dome”. The Gyroscopic system marks the solution to the aforementioned question, which ensures that the regulating organ and the escapement were indeed permanently kept in this position. It makes the Christophe Colomb Limited Edition the first wristworn timepiece in which the rate is completely independent of its wearers’ movements.

Beneath the top sapphire crystal is an alluring silvered dial, embellished with a barleycorn guilloche motif. The off-centred hour and minute subdial appears at 12 o’clock opposite the gyroscopic cage, while the small seconds are displayed at 9 o’clock and the power reserve on a segment extending from 2 to 4 o’clock. The faceted hands are in blued steel, as are the applied numerals and hour-markers.

The heart of the new Zenith model is a reliable manually-wound Academy 8804 movement . While sporting the aforesaid Gyroscopic system, the mechanism beats at a frequency of 36,000 vibrations per hour and provides a 50-hour power reserve.

The handsome timepiece is presented on a black crocodile leather strap, coupled with an 18-carat gold triple folding buckle. The release of the new highly sophisticated Zenith watch is strictly limited to 250 pieces .