The watch industry is awash with too much news to cover. Each week, we’ll break down everything worth knowing. This week: Zenith reissues a military chronograph, Lenny Kravitz designs a Rolex, a beautifully designed table clock and more.
A (Mostly) Faithful Reissue from Zenith
Zenith, who is killing it with its recent limited-edition chronographs (see its collaborations with Land Rover and Hodinkee), has released another: the Heritage Cronometro TIPO CP-2. It’s a reissue of the original TIPO CP-2, a pilot’s chronograph Zenith was commissioned to make for Italian Navy and Air Force pilots in the early 1960s. The modern iteration is a dead ringer for the original, keeping the same rotating bezel, dial layout and even the same 43mm case diameter. The only big departure here is the choice of movement: a dateless, two-sub-dial variant of the high-beat El Primero. Zenith says only 1,000 pieces will be made.
Crystal Clear
Jaeger-LeCoutre has been enlisting the help of famed industrial designer Marc Newson since 2008 to create special editions of their Atmos table clock. The 568 is the latest and features a slightly tweaked version of the mechanical movement used in the standard Atmos clocks, indicating time, date and phase of the moon, but the movement is put on display in a sleek, rounded, Baccarat crystal case.
