luxury watches founded le locle neuch tel switzerland 1865 founder georges favre jacot headquarters le locle switzerland area served worldwide key people aldo magada ceo parent lvmh website zenith watches.com zenith sa is a swiss luxury watchmaker . the company was started in 1865 by georges favre jacot at the age of 22 in le locle in the canton of neuch tel. 1 zenith was purchased by lvmh in november 1999 becoming one of several brands in their watch and jewellery division . the ceo of the company is aldo magada who replaced jean fr d ric dufour in 2014 . 2 zenith has a long reputation for the quality and precision of their watches . it is one of the swiss watch manufacturers that still produce their own movements in house . the el primero calibre which was first released in 1969 though still produced today was one of the first automatic chronograph movements and has a frequency of 36 000 alternations per hour 5 hz . this high rate allows a resolution of 1 10 of a second and a potential for greater positional accuracy over the more common standard frequency of 28 800 alternations per hour 4 hz . 3 the el primero was honoured with a 2012 release of the el primero stratos flyback striking 10th limited to 1 969 pieces in honour of the original 1969 release date that housed the same 36 000 vph movement and a sub dial measuring in tenths of a second to make a complete rotation every ten seconds . 4 contents 1 georges favre jacot 2 photo gallery 3 see also 4 references 5 external links georges favre jacot edit favre jacot was born 1843 and died 1917 . 5 he was an apprentice within the watch making industry whilst within his youth . 6 favre jacot at some time requested a house be built for himself at le locle from the architect le corbusier 7 he was also closely involved with another prominent architect named alphonse laverri re . his relationship with this latter architect was the source of influence upon the werkbund movement . the two men collaborated with a shared artistic vision on the nature of production to the extent to which they themselves somewhat reformed the artistic situation within francophone switzerland at the time . 6 photo gallery edit chronograph el primero first version 1970 zenith el primero zenith el primero zenith el primero zenith el primero zenith pocket watch c. 1900 1910 inside of zenith pocket watch c. 1900 1910 zenith grande chronomaster xxt quanti me perp tuel see also edit list of watch manufacturers references edit georges favre jacot . zenith international . retrieved 2015 01 12 . http en.worldtempus.com article industry news zenith aldo magada new ceo 1577611 the stainless steel zenith el primero chronomaster . timezone.com . retrieved 2009 04 16 . best watches of 2012 zenith el primero stratos flyback striking 10th . r.g. holland . retrieved 2012 11 24 . j. birksted . le corbusier and the occult . mit press 2009 405 pages isbn 0262026481 . retrieved 2015 07 14 . a b zenith watches . georges favre jacot . 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