Zenith is returning to the world of Lupin the Third with a fourth tribute to Daisuke Jigen’s fictional chronograph. The new Chronomaster Revival Daisuke Jigen Edition takes the anime-only watch worn by Lupin’s gunman partner and reimagines it as a 37mm matte black titanium limited edition of just 200 pieces, powered by the classic El Primero 400.
From Lupin the Third’s screen to Zenith’s latest tribute
Back in 1969, Zenith launched the original El Primero A384, one of the first high-frequency automatic chronograph watches. Just two years later, the first Lupin the Third TV anime aired, and sharp-eyed fans noticed that Daisuke Jigen, Lupin’s hat-and-cigarette-toting partner, was drawn wearing a watch clearly inspired by the A384 twice, with two slightly different colour schemes that never actually existed in Zenith’s catalogue.
Over 50 years on, Zenith has turned that bit of animation trivia into a full-blown sub-collection. After three limited Lupin the Third Chronomaster Revival models – a black-dial first edition, a white panda-dial second, and a split-dial Final Edition that fused both – the brand is now opening a fourth chapter focused entirely on Jigen himself. The Chronomaster Revival Daisuke Jigen Edition leans into the idea of finally putting his legendary on-screen watch on real wrists.
Design details that bring Daisuke Jigen’s watch to life
The new model keeps the compact, tonneau-shaped 37mm case profile of the vintage A384, but renders it in microblasted titanium with a dark matte finish that feels like Jigen’s charcoal suit translated into metal. It’s light on the wrist, rated to 50m of water resistance, and paired with a matching titanium ladder bracelet that recreates Gay Frères’ open-link design from 1969, a signature of early El Primero references.
On the front, a warm beige dial replaces the stark whites and blacks of the earlier Lupin editions. Black chronograph counters, a black tachymeter scale and beige Super-LumiNova on the hands and applied markers give the watch a “faded 1970s anime still” vibe straight out of an old TV frame. Flip it over and the sapphire caseback shows off the movement along with a subtle silhouette of Jigen himself, so there’s no doubt who this watch is saluting.
Key specs of the Chronomaster Revival Daisuke Jigen Edition
Inside the watch beats the El Primero 400 calibre, a direct descendant of the movement that made history in 1969. It runs at 5 Hz (36,000 vph) for crisp chronograph timing, offers around 50 hours of power reserve and drives hours, minutes, small seconds, a date at 4:30 and the classic tri-compax chronograph layout. For long-time Zenith fans, it’s the “proper” engine you expect to see in an A384-style Revival case.
The Chronomaster Revival Daisuke Jigen Edition (ref. 97.L384.400/04.M384) is limited to 200 pieces worldwide. In Japan, it’s priced at ¥1,430,000 including tax, while international pricing sits around CHF 10,400 depending on market and local taxes. This keeps it in line with other titanium Revival pieces and marks it out firmly as a collector’s item rather than casual character merch.
The earlier Lupin collaborations and this fourth chapter
Zenith’s first Lupin the Third collaboration in 2019 recreated the dark, gilt-accented chronograph glimpsed in the anime’s early episode, as a 50-piece Japan-only steel limited edition. The second watch, tied to Zenith’s Ginza boutique opening, flipped to a white panda dial with black sub-counters, matching Jigen’s other on-screen watch and expanding the run to 200 pieces.
In 2022, the brand declared the Lupin saga “complete” with the Final Edition, a 250-piece titanium model splitting the dial diagonally between the first and second designs. The new Daisuke Jigen Edition quietly breaks that “final” promise in the best way: by focusing less on a literal animation frame and more on what Jigen’s Zenith might look like if it had aged on his wrist for the last five decades.
Reasons this limited Zenith x Lupin piece matters now
For Lupin the Third fans, this watch is a rare case of a luxury brand treating anime history with genuine care, not just printing characters on a dial. For watch enthusiasts, it’s a tasteful, wearable take on the Chronomaster Revival template with a stealthy titanium case and story-rich dial, even if you’ve never seen Jigen fire a single shot. Either way, the run of only 200 pieces means it won’t stay in display cases for long.
The model will debut in Japan with a pop-up at Isetan Shinjuku Men’s Building and the local online boutique, before rolling out to Zenith boutiques and online stores worldwide from November 26. If your collection has room for a high-beat chronograph that quietly nods to anime legend every time you check the time, this might be the most Jigen-core way yet to do it – figure not included.
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