Chassis Number One shines in Paris
Wednesday 5th October 2016
Headline-grabbing news last week was the launch of the new Discovery. At the same time, at the Paris Motor Show, JLR was also launching its new special edition watch, designed in collaboration with prestige watchmaker Zenith.
In January 1969, Swiss manufacturer Zenith presented a fully-working prototype of the world's first self-winding chronograph movement, which it called the El Primero. Capable of recording elapsed times down to one-tenth of a second thanks to its ‘high-beat' oscillator, it was the most accurate wrist chronograph ever made.
Around the same time, the Rover Car Company was completing the second of the seven Engineering Prototypes for what was to become known as the Range Rover.
As JLR stated in their press release, 'these two milestones of engineering have now come together in a partnership that celebrates their mutual longevity and shared values in a special edition watch called the Zenith El Primero Range Rover'.
Dunsfold's Range Rover YVB 151H, chassis number one and built in late 1969, was on display at the launch event together with the new Range Rover SVAutobiography Dynamic.
