Hi I've found this Zenith with Cal. 135 being auctioned with Catawiki Zenith 2000 Cal 135 According to Joel Duval's Zenithistoric, few were produced without being certified. A Zenith 135 is one of my grail but out of my reach financially What do you guys think about this version, I'm assuming that even it is rarer, it is less valuable than the chronometre version. That being said, it will be probably as well too expensive for what I can afford on watch at the moment
Certainly less valuable. Zenith put some effort into most of the 135-engined pieces it produced, but those Zenith 2000s are not particularly special watches, the superb movement notwithstanding. I get the impression of the company finding a relatively inexpensive way to move some merchandise.
It’s a shame they didn’t find something better to do with those movements... like hide them in a drawer for 40 years and then produce some kick-ass limited-release heritage chronometer. I’m as much of a CXXXV-ophile as anyone, but I’m not so interested in that model.