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For fans of both chronographs and Japanese pop culture, this is the closest yet to the watch that lived for decades only in animated form.
Zenith returns to the world of Japanese manga with the Chronomaster Revival Daisuke Jigen Edition. This new limited series once again turns an animated fantasy into a very tangible El Primero chronograph. The brand’s connection with Lupin the Third goes back to the early 1970s, when Daisuke Jigen, the sharp-suited marksman of the series, was depicted wearing a watch clearly modelled on Zenith’s 1969 reference A384, a watch that never actually existed in the catalogue. Since 2019, Zenith has been methodically recreating that fictional chronograph in metal, first in black, then in panda, and finally with a two-tone dial that fused both designs.
This fourth edition remains faithful to the original 37mm A384 Revival but shifts the emphasis to stealth and texture, using the Shadow edition as a base. The tonneau-shaped case is crafted from microblasted titanium, highlighting the dark grey tonality of the metal and reinforcing the watch’s lightweight, daily-wear credentials. The case isn’t coated, despite its dark look, and only the surface treatment is responsible for this colour. A domed sapphire crystal protects the dial, a sapphire caseback reveals the movement with an engraved silhouette of Daisuke Jigen.
The beige dial picks up the vintage flavour of the earlier Lupin pieces but opts for a simpler layout. Black chronograph counters and a tachymeter scale printed in black anchor the design, while ruthenium-plated hands and applied hour markers, all filled with beige Super-LumiNova, deliver legibility with a warm, period-correct character. The date remains at 4:30, as on the original A384 and on Jigen’s manga watch.
The El Primero 400 calibre keeps the link to 1969 intact. Developed and manufactured in-house, this integrated column-wheel chronograph runs at 36,000 vibrations/hour, measures elapsed time to a tenth of a second and offers a power reserve of 50 hours. On the caseback, the movement’s familiar architecture sits beneath the anime nod to Jigen. The watch is offered on Zenith’s signature ladder bracelet, originally designed by Gay Frères for the first El Primero models and here reinterpreted in microblasted titanium to match the case.
Limited to 200 pieces, the Chronomaster Revival Daisuke Jigen Edition will debut exclusively at the Zenith pop-up at Isetan Shinjuku before joining Zenith boutiques, the brand’s online platform and selected retailers worldwide. The rice is CHF 10,400 or JPY 1,430,000. More information at Zenith-watches.com.
