EBEL 1911 Chronograph Gold & Steel 1980's

Ebel 1911 Chronograph Steel/Gold 1980's

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EBEL 1911 Chronograph Steel & Gold
Serial: 4942
Circa: 1980's
Reference No.: 1134901

CASE: 38mm Stainless Steel & Gold, Sapphire crystal, tachymeter inner bezel, gold screws on front of the case, flat pushers, hexagon shaped gold crown (with decorative screw head)

DIAL: White dial with Roman numerals, gold circled registers, date aperture between 4 & 5 o'clock.

MOVEMENT: Caliber 134 (Zenith El Primero 400 base), automatic chronograph, 27 jewels

BRACELET: Ebel stainless steel and gold link bracelet

CONDITION REPORT: Overall excellent condition

NOTES: The present watch includes travel pouch box, booklet, spare dial and inner bezel.
The reference can be dissected by the nomenclature of the watch as
1 = Steel & Gold
134 = Caliber 134 (El Primero)
109 = 38mm case for El Primero

The EBEL 1911 Chronograph with El Primero movement was launched in 1982. It was a bold a spirited revival of the dormant El Primero movement and embodied the popularity of EBEL at the time. This move was later followed by Rolex (1987) and is more popularly known for it.
The 1911 Chronograph was popularised by the TV show Miami Vice and often nicknamed the Sonny Crockett (played by Don Johnson) for its lead role character who famously wore a gold version.
Founded in 1911, the brand name EBEL represents the initials of its founders Eugène Blum & Alice Lévy as "Eugene Blum et Levy"
In the 1970's, at the height of the quartz crisis, their grandson Pierre-Alain had taken over and was using their fully integrated manufacture to not only make watches for Cartier, but it provided movements to Gerald Genta for watches like the Bulgari Tubogas.

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