Watch brand

Zenith

Founded in Le Locle in 1865 by Georges Favre-Jacot, Zenith is a Swiss manufacture best known for integrated production and the high-frequency El Primero chronograph movement.

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Zenith
CountrySwitzerland
Founded1865
Families10
References1,013

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The Zenith entry in The Dial Atlas currently connects 1,013 cataloged references across 10 families. The catalog records 1865 as its founding year and Switzerland as its associated country. The maker is organized here as a navigable set of family and exact-reference records. These counts describe the structured archive available on this site, not the brand's complete historical output.

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