Not a Daytona, thankfully
By Julien Moreau, Geneva ยท
Everyone calls it the Daytona alternative, and Zenith has the grace not to object. It would be an odd thing to object to, since the El Primero powered the Daytona for more than a decade from 1988.
The Chronomaster Sport has a black ceramic bezel graduated in tenths of a second, the same 3600 movement as the Original with 60 hours, a white dial with the tri-coloured counters, a date, a steel bracelet, 100 m and an open back. It is 41 mm by 13.6 mm, which makes it larger and taller than the Daytona, and you notice.
Marco will tell you the movement is the more interesting of the two. I will tell you that the tri-coloured counters, so charming on the Original, look a little busy surrounded by all that black. At eleven and a half to twelve and a half thousand dollars, you can at least walk into a shop and buy it, which is more than can be said for the Rolex.