Zenith’s partnership with high-end cigar manufacturer Cohiba has got off to what it refers to as a ‘smoking start’ in 2018, with the launch of two new limited-edition versions of the brand’s Pilot Type 20 model: the 50-piece Pilot Type 20 Extra Special Cohiba Maduro 5 Edition in 18-carat rose gold and the 150-piece Pilot Type 20 Chronograph Cohiba Maduro 5 Edition in bronze.
The Pilot Type 20 Chronograph is encased in bronze and powered by the high-frequency El Primero ‘engine’ with a black dial bearing green-emission SLN Arabic numerals. Its counterpart, the Pilot Type 20 Extra Special Special Edition, is powered by an automatic Zenith Elite 679 caliber.
Pilot Type 20 Extra Special Cohiba Maduro 5 Edition in 18-carat rose gold
Pilot Type 20 Chronograph Cohiba Maduro 5 Edition in bronze
As with mechanical watches, Habanos cigars have a long cultural history. Aged, full-bodied and with the classic Cohiba finish, the Maduro 5 is no exception to this rule. Maduro is not a type of leaf, but a color shade achieved through an extra fermentation of the wrapper leaves harvested from the top levels of the shade and ageing longer than is usual for standard wrapper leaves. The wrapper leaves used for Maduro 5 line are aged for five years. This well-aged wrapper yields the top-quality Maduro color and flavor that makes the distinct tasting Maduro 5 cigars.
For 2018, ZENITH has produced the Pilot Type 20 Extra Special Cohiba Maduro 5 Edition and Pilot Type 20 Chronograph Cohiba Maduro 5 Edition in warm tones of rose gold and bronze respectively. Water resistant to 10 ATM and endowed with a 50-hour power reserve, the trademark striking case, wide ratcheted easily adjustable crown (along with pushpieces in the case of the Pilot Type 20 Chronograph Cohiba Maduro 5 Edition), and oversized luminescent numerals of the Zenith/Cohiba Pilot watches proudly flaunt all the DNA of a line of airborne conquerors, while emulating the rich tones of the Maduro 5 wrapping.
Produced in a numbered edition of 50 for the Pilot Type 20 Chronograph Cohiba Maduro 5Edition and 150 in bronze for its Pilot Type 20 Cohiba Maduro 5 Edition counterpart, both watches display both the Zenith and the Cohiba logos on their sandblasted black dials.
They also feature gold-plated hour and minute hands with a small seconds hand at 9 o’clock on the Pilot Type 20 Chronograph Cohiba Maduro 5 Edition, together with a central chrono hand and 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock. A special titanium caseback bearing the number of the piece in the series, along with the name ‘Cohiba Maduro 5’ atop an engraving of Cohiba’s “El Laguito” historical factory*.
There’s a brown oily nubuck strap with protective rubber lining, special stitching and titanium pin buckle on the Pilot Type 20 Chronograph Cohiba Maduro 5 Edition; and a brown alligator leather strap with protective rubber lining and matching 18-carat rose gold pin buckle on the Pilot Type 20 Extra Special Cohiba Maduro 5 Edition.
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