Zenith A384 variants from black to caramel

asrnj77

Sure but even if Zenith was the recipient they were competing against others in the bidding process. Somebody kept going against them if that were the case.[/QUOTE

There can be unusual tactics involved...the world is not always simple and transparent

Mick Tock

According to Zenith's last verdict the ref. A384 variant with caramel registers and rehaut is not a separate execution but shows a faulty degradation of the black on white dial of this model. However, only the dials of one production batch have this defect which significantly differs from the normal tropical effect on the black sub dials. This is supported by my observation of a strong correlation between caramel dial, case number, and polygonal back with 14 sides (vs. 12 sides generally).

Cheers,

Mick

R RichardC

I too noticed those Zenith results, being that they were 4 or 5 times available market rate I wouldn’t rule out Zenith being the recipient, because I cannot think of another plausible explanation. Several tropical A384 sit on Chrono24 and remain unsold, and normal market rate (to secure a reasonably swift sale) for that one is probably £7k+ ish. Whilst buying from auction can make certain buyers pay a premium the premium seen makes zero sense, but I bet the seller is happy and unconcerned either way Reminds me of a period when there were some similar unexplainable results on Heuer Rindts, Orvis Mareographes etc etc back in 2015/2016...