ZENITH returns to the North Pole with GeneralI arctic observer
Switzerland’s Zenith watch manufacturer returns to the North Pole with the French explorer and physician, Dr Jean-louis Etienne
Eighty-four years after Roald Amundsen reached the North Pole, Zenith has once again flown over the planet’s most northerly point with the Generali Arctic Observer expedition. Polar traveller, Jean-Louis Etienne, became the first person to fly over the North Pole alone in a balloon. On his expedition, Jean-Louis Etienne wore the Zenith El Primero Striking 10TH chronograph — the number one watch of the limited series.
Zenith El Primero striking 10TH. The exact time to the tenth of a second
The El Primero Striking 10TH represents the technical values that won Zenith its reputation. The El Primero calibre was the first production movement with a balance frequency of 10 semi-oscillations a second. Its advanced design measures time to the highest precision by mechanical means. While most other mechanical movements reach a frequency of eight vibrations a second, this model indicates the tenths of a second at the exact frequency of its remarkable movement.
![Zenith El Primero striking 10TH](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnn786772Avq6fyzJOVOy3bVhttrczW6DQ6AUMSibOPzqg13sB3Z24MBl67dI9cAXAN36LOCuzy60yTNhto6v0tvMVzBfjk_xSFgv7l0CAi7AkrRAVA2upC1N9plRuJQ45lpx2w4hpAWU/s600-rw/ZENITH_Striking10.jpg)
Dr Jean-Louis Etienne, French physician and explorer. Like oald Amundsen did 84R years earlier, he wears a Zenith watch.
Letter to the Zenith Swiss watch manufacturer from the Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen – the first person to have reached both poles.
Zenith Press
Eighty-four years after Roald Amundsen reached the North Pole, Zenith has once again flown over the planet’s most northerly point with the Generali Arctic Observer expedition. Polar traveller, Jean-Louis Etienne, became the first person to fly over the North Pole alone in a balloon. On his expedition, Jean-Louis Etienne wore the Zenith El Primero Striking 10TH chronograph — the number one watch of the limited series.
Zenith El Primero striking 10TH. The exact time to the tenth of a second
The El Primero Striking 10TH represents the technical values that won Zenith its reputation. The El Primero calibre was the first production movement with a balance frequency of 10 semi-oscillations a second. Its advanced design measures time to the highest precision by mechanical means. While most other mechanical movements reach a frequency of eight vibrations a second, this model indicates the tenths of a second at the exact frequency of its remarkable movement.
![Zenith El Primero striking 10TH](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnn786772Avq6fyzJOVOy3bVhttrczW6DQ6AUMSibOPzqg13sB3Z24MBl67dI9cAXAN36LOCuzy60yTNhto6v0tvMVzBfjk_xSFgv7l0CAi7AkrRAVA2upC1N9plRuJQ45lpx2w4hpAWU/s600-rw/ZENITH_Striking10.jpg)
![ZENITH returns to the North Pole with GeneralI arctic observer](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6BFcEKDCry56W3ci7r5JSxXws79RzxAGnKYKKK97AlaJ7sHy5d_noEEeZmjy7bPCQH-KYYv7lBZaX08qrIw5B1_DuLM5oZRiV5VZgty8ceYukUOkr-vSafmSH_7Z80Q4CUufKOX_zwA/s600-rw/JL_Etienne3.jpg)
Dr Jean-Louis Etienne, French physician and explorer. Like oald Amundsen did 84R years earlier, he wears a Zenith watch.
![Zenith Swiss watch manufacturer from the Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbOjCAdFZfcombdjg-qzN6-MgRkauSO0xb8WR1iJr9Yny8bopw4oaJA1ykjDHcnmeFeq2DIUIvSFEgIGrh0ja18dtKGmm5Xo8SFF9yi41_Ocv74g8hYowQMMkgF5Bb7Q68pXBPG_FT_4/s600-rw/Amundsen_Letter.jpg)
Letter to the Zenith Swiss watch manufacturer from the Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen – the first person to have reached both poles.
Zenith Press