Post COA pictures



























pre COA picture showing the internal lug bevels and the movement






A joy to wear, and a perfectly styled, low profile, vintage JB Champion NOS strap to protect it while on the wrist. "No metal can touch your skin!" I think it straddles the line well between sporty-dressy just as Zenith intended with their esthetic design.

And after last night......

https://www.phillips.com/detail/ZENITH/NY080117/41

I think these A386's have graduated to the Big Boy table.



Thanks again to LouS for his pioneering research.

Besides the service hands, anything I missed? Comments appreciated.

 

amazing case and amazing dial! as you already pointed out service hands-set and slightly later crown (the correct one has still the same star but it is slightly bigger and especially the circle that is aroud the star is slightly larger). Your crown is the same as the one of the example sold by Phillips, also not 100% correct, but still much better IMHO than the later 70's service crowns with the inverted star.
You did not post pics of the caseback but it should have a star engraved on it, being a MKIII.
Overall a great piece, wear it in good health!

 

Thanks, outstanding condition, no doubt....

case back:




Somewhere between seller's pictures and packing the jewelers wax was removed

 

On the way home stuck in traffic

 

spectacular piece. yes. . this is a big boy watch now!

 

Incredible watch, condition is amazing, just beautiful. Well done Tex!
I know of at least one U.K. OF member who’ll be drooling on his Cornflakes when he sees this at breakfast time on Saturday morning.

All the best

Nathan

 

Thank you

 

Great looking watch!

 

Nearly choked on my cornflakes. Lovely piece, DIBS DIBS DIBS

 

Gottcha down

 

The best I have seen so far . Congrats

 

Beautiful A386 exemple!!! I join and confirm @Mlafra comments...

Well done!!

I am not a fan of the strap though...

 

Thank you...

PM me when you see a Zenith leather strap and buckle for sale, or Bracelet.

 

looks amazing

waiting for the day that i get to own one

 

That's the first step, it gets very slippery now, watch out.........(so to speak!)

And thank you

 

heard today from a well known dealer that they are being offered good mk Is for 30k+

oh my!

 

really who? If it is possible to say. There is currently what seems a very very nice MKI for 25k EUR here in Europe, probably with at leas a little room for negotation ( I imagine that I dont know for sure, I haven't ask as I already thankfully own one!). 30k+ USD or EUR?

 

i'd rather not say. . .30k usd

 

Thx. Still pretty high. Let's see where they will go, but I think conditind and set will make a huge difference going forward.

 

agree. the philips one was very good but i dare say polished and wrong crown
if i were offered a perfect unpolished one at 25k eur i think its a buy myself
then again. . maybe best is go buy a great a3817, a3818, or a384 / a385 which now look truly absurdly underpriced