This watch surfaced recently, and was sold by Phillips Auction in Novemfor CHF 189,000.
Zenith also made a special piece unique, which recreated the spelling errors of the manga version for charity. Zenith Chronomaster Revival Lupin the Third – first edition on the left, and second edition on the right. In 2020, the second version in the black and white panda was released as a 200 piece limited edition on the occasion of Zenith’s opening of its Ginza boutique in Tokyo. This was a Japan exclusive and was limited to only 50 pieces. The Zenith Chronomaster Revival Lupin the Third – Final Edition.Īnd in 2019, Zenith decided to do a reverse tribute watch and made the Chronomaster Revival Lupin the Third, with the the design created in the first episode. Both watches was not existing in the Zenith catalog at the time the anime was first shown. And in the final episode of the first series, Jigen appeared to be somewhat of a Zenith collector and wore a different chronograph with a different panda dial.
Daisuke Jigen, the debonair partner of the main protagonist Lupin was depicted wearing a Zenith A384 on two occassions of the first episode. Right from the first episode of Lupin the Third released in 1971, just 2 years after Zenith released the iconic El Primero, a dreamt up watch, based on the Zenith El Primero A384 with a black, grey and gilt dial was worn by one of the main characters of the anime. A first of its kind for the Japanese manga series to first feature an imaginary Zenith in their anime series, and realized by the brand some 50 years later. Editorial Commentary with additional information. Press Release information with editorial commentary with additional information in italics. 50 years and two special editions later, Zenith is unveiling the third and final limited edition in the trilogy, the Chronomaster Revival Lupin The Third – Final Edition. But that’s exactly what Zenith did with Lupin The Third, which was so inspired by the El Primero shortly after its launch in 1969 that it decided to include it in the seminal series on two separate occasions. A collaboration between a Swiss watch manufacture and a Japanese manga and anime series is as unique a partnership as they come.
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