Lupin the Third, ever heard of it? We hadn’t either … that is, until Zenith made this, the A384 Revival Lupin The Third Edition. Turns out, Lupin The Third, or Lupin III as it’s otherwise known, is a Japanese manga cartoon created in 1967 by the doyen of the traditional Japanese art form, Monkey Punch. The cartoon follows the escapades of Arsène Lupin III, a master thief and grandson of fictional phantom thief Arsène Lupin. The manga cartoon was quickly adapted into an anime television series, which first aired in 1971 and subsequently catapulted the popular comic onto the international stage. Now I know what you’re thinking: “What’s this got to do with the watch Zenith has just unveiled?” Well, the protagonist, Arsène Lupin III, had a sidekick named Mr Daisuke Jigen, and in the first episode of the anime series, Jigen can be seen wearing a version of Zenith’s A384 — the first watch the Swiss marque ever produced to house the now prolific El Primero movement. Thing is, though, Zenith never actually made a A384 like the one seen in Lupin … it was fictitious, dreamt up by the artists working on the animated series. But, when Zenith unveiled…
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