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·In his witty thread: http://omegaforums.net/threads/attention-ukranian-frankenmakers.4090/, Dennis delicately (as always) sends up Zenith's decision to make a wristwatch with its enormous and justly celebrated 50mm cal. 5011 K movement.
The cal. 5011 K was Zenith's last observatory chronometre movement. The brainchild of then-chief-designer J.-P. Gerber, the 5011 K was developed in the late '50s and debuted in 1960. It was produced in three forms: as a chronometer for competition (its principal raison d'être), a chronometer for sea and air navigation, and a high-end pocket watch. In 1967, on the eve of the quartz era, it established a record for accuracy (for mechanical watches, of course).
Illustrated is my pocket watch version, designed by Prof. Thomas Engel who, it will be observed, had a thing for the Breguet look. 5,400 movements were produced between 1960 and 2002, including 2,300 shipped to Ulysse Nardin for their marine chronometres. I still do not know whether the movements now used in the limited edition Montre d'Aeronef illustrated in Dennis's thread are new, or left over from the original production.
The cal. 5011 K was Zenith's last observatory chronometre movement. The brainchild of then-chief-designer J.-P. Gerber, the 5011 K was developed in the late '50s and debuted in 1960. It was produced in three forms: as a chronometer for competition (its principal raison d'être), a chronometer for sea and air navigation, and a high-end pocket watch. In 1967, on the eve of the quartz era, it established a record for accuracy (for mechanical watches, of course).
Illustrated is my pocket watch version, designed by Prof. Thomas Engel who, it will be observed, had a thing for the Breguet look. 5,400 movements were produced between 1960 and 2002, including 2,300 shipped to Ulysse Nardin for their marine chronometres. I still do not know whether the movements now used in the limited edition Montre d'Aeronef illustrated in Dennis's thread are new, or left over from the original production.
