The Story Of Charles Vermot, The Man Who Saved The El Primero (And Possibly Zenith)

A local lad, born just about five miles away from Zenith’s manufacture in Le Locle, Charles Vermot spent the majority of his career working for Zenith’s main chronograph supplier, Martel Watch Company, before finally joining Zenith in 1959 when it acquired his then-employer. Though no one could have known it then, Vermot would go on to play a seriously important part in Zenith’s ongoing history, saving the vaunted El Primero movement from extinction.

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