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Anyone have this A386 on their watch list?

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CaptainWinsor CaptainWinsor
this has nothing to do with this particular watch but I recently learned from speaking to the Heritage dept at Zenith that using movement serial numbers to determine date of manufacture is not entirely accurate. I was told that the movements were stamped and then only put together as ordered. The only way to be sure is with an extract.

Have you got a contact email for the Heritage department at Zenith?
Thanks
 
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It's already at 5400...Why do I feel like this is not the last we will see of this lemon.
 
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$10,499.00 -- winning bid. I had better reassess the value of my A386 which has the correct face and bracelet- or think about putting it on ebay when selling.
 
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$10,499.00 -- winning bid. I had better reassess the value of my A386 which has the correct face and bracelet- or think about putting it on ebay when selling.

wow. The commission will be nuts
 
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Is it me, or do we think there's a certain amount of shill bidding going on?

Frankly, anyone who's only been on eBay for a few weeks, selling a watch at $1000s, who puts out a poorly written ad that includes the old "pictures form part of the description" attempt to dodge accountability... they're not to be trusted.

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$10,499.00 -- winning bid. I had better reassess the value of my A386 which has the correct face and bracelet- or think about putting it on ebay when selling.

If this is a serious buyer, he will have a nightmare with this POS
 
n-theory
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Seemed fishy all around to me. I'm in the market for one of these but definitely steered clear.
 
Strangedream
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Maybe that's just me, but I would never give 10g to an eBay seller with only 4 reviews ... even if he has 100% rating.
 
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Strangedream Strangedream
Maybe that's just me, but I would never give 10g to an eBay seller with only 4 reviews ... even if he has 100% rating.

It's not just you. This auction makes no sense.
 
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Factor in one of his prior feedbacks has someone write than ebay indicates he is in one state on his online profile, but item shipped from a different state.
 
kip595
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Definitely not kosher. Possibly not even an actual auction of any sort. I did fraud analysis for a few companies for a while, and stuff like this was one way (not the 'smartest', but effective in dribs and drabs) to actually launder money to a certain degree.
 
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Seems everything has been spotted on this one. Well done on the inside of the caseback spotting
 
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It says the seller is in the US but the watch will ship from Hungary. 😉
 
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