Ebel Chronograph Sport from the early 1980's

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The legend, the El Primero based Chronograph Sport

Probably the most well known which is the 'Miami Vice' or the Chrono Sport. Probably one of the most legendary watches but somehow completely forgotten. Back in the 1980's this was the 'IT' watch. Forget about the Rolex Daytona.
Most of us probably know but for those that didn't. It was Ebel with THIS watch that brought back Zenith to life. Zenith was as good as dead. We all know the Charles Vermot history, right?
Zenith was obliged to destroy all El Primero movements, machines and plans but Charles refused and hide away all these valuable things.

Anyway, Early 1980 Ebel contacted Zenith and asked if they were able to make the El Primero again. They could and did it, in 1982 the first Ebel Chronographs came to the market. An elegant automatic sportswatch with the typical wave bracelet. During the first 2-3 years these watches had the Zenith 3019 PHC inside. Later when more and more were made Zenith named it the Calibre 40.0 and afterwards the Calibre 400.
Ebel named it the calibre 134 all the time ( no matter if it were a 3019 PHC or the 40.0 or 400 ). The dials were most popular in white but black and blue also appear. The hands were non Luminova and plain black. Case material steel with gold accents like the bezel or even a solid gold case.