It’s a look that clearly says “Havanna” or “Cuba libre” if you’re having a glass of rum and coke with your cigar and chronograph. A yellow chronograph seconds hand with a star-shaped counterweight and a black alligator leather strap complete the look. As a result, the combination of yellow and white on a black checkered motif will immediately ring a bell with passionate cigar smokers. Zenith joins the celebration with an exclusive commemorative edition of the Chronomaster Open, the Cohiba 55th Anniversary Edition, a limited edition of 55 pieces with a price of €9,700.Ī look that clearly says “Havanna” or “Cuba libre” …Ĭohiba’s signature saffron yellow color together with the design codes of the packaging and paper bands that wrap its hand-rolled cigars, reflect in the dial of the new Chronomaster Open. It is safe to say that Cohiba is one of the most distinguished and revered Cuban cigar makers. Zenith Chronomaster Open Cohiba 55th Anniversary Edition WatchĢ021 marks the year of Cohiba’s 55th anniversary. Therefore, the Zenith Chronomaster Open Cohiba 55th Anniversary Edition watch shows its link to Cohiba more conservatively through the use of color. Zenith didn’t explore the world of cigar materials. And independent ArtyA used real tobacco leaves for the dial in its Son of Earth Tobacco Collection. For instance, Hublot made a cigar-themed watch with engraved tobacco leaves on the case and bezel. It’s not just Zenith that sees the connection between cigars and watches, and, perhaps more importantly, the overlap between cigar aficionados and watch connoisseurs.
And it takes a lot of time, effort, dedication, and skill, to either hand-roll a cigar or to assemble a complicated watch. What is interesting though is the fact that both high-end cigars and high horology watches are artisanal products examples of exquisite craftsmanship.
The fact that cigar smokers, no matter how famous they are, wear watches is nothing to write about. Five years later the Zenith Chronomaster Open Cohiba 55th Anniversary Edition watch debuts. And has been doing so since 2016 when Zenith created a special El Primero Cohiba chronograph for the cigar brand’s 50th anniversary. Zenith doesn’t need a revolutionary or a statesman to make the cigar/watch connection, it does so all by itself. Winston Churchill had a Breguet rattrapante minute repeater pocket watch close at hand. Fidel Castro smoked his cigars with a Rolex GMT-Master and a gold Datejust on the same wrist.
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