Zenith A386 at Sotheby's

kanye_mouse · Dec 14, 2020

Hadn't seen this El Primero posted anywhere, so thought I'd start a thread. A386 up at Sotheby's "Important Watches" tomorrow. est. $8k-12k.

Full lot here: https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auc...9/reference-a386-el-primero-a-stainless-steel

Photo courtesy Sotheby's.

ELV web · Dec 14, 2020

kanye_mouse
Hadn't seen this El Primero posted anywhere, so thought I'd start a thread. A386 up at Sotheby's "Important Watches" tomorrow. est. $8k-12k. Wondering if those wiser than me have any thoughts on this particular example.

Full lot here: https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auc...9/reference-a386-el-primero-a-stainless-steel

Photo courtesy Sotheby's.

Wrong minute and hour hands. Case looks polished a bit too much. Lume looks like it has been redone. The area between the inner bezel and outer bezel looks odd, it shouldn’t be empty space like that so I think something is not right with the bezel.

CaptainWinsor · Dec 14, 2020

ELV web
Wrong minute and hour hands. Case looks polished a bit too much. Lume looks like it has been redone. The area between the inner bezel and outer bezel looks odd, it shouldn’t be empty space like that so I think something is not right with the bezel.

that’s what makes it ‘important’.

Medinatalzahra · Dec 15, 2020

As we all know, the A386 is a very important watch -- just not this one.....

I agree with ELV's comments. Looks like a wrong replacement tachy ring. It is too small, and doesn't line up with the dial....

M

kanye_mouse · Dec 15, 2020

Sold for about $14k. Wonder if we'll see the same case # resurface with a more "correct" configuration of dial/hands soon. For future reference, case #: 923D635

Medinatalzahra · Dec 15, 2020

Thanks, KM. Was $14k the hammer price?

vujen · Dec 16, 2020

Case does not look so polished to me..

kanye_mouse · Dec 16, 2020

Medinatalzahra
Thanks, KM. Was $14k the hammer price?

$13.8k was all-in, @Medinatalzahra . To address @vujen 's comment regarding case with an image, here's a bit of a profile of the watch (again, courtesy Sotheby's):

Medinatalzahra · Dec 22, 2020

Thx. M

georgeszaslavsky · Jan 4, 2021

It was grossly overpriced for the condition in which it was.

MidnightBeggar · Jan 5, 2021

Oh man...that price for that piece! wow.

Auctions are such a weird business in today's world. They certainly have their place but its a totally odd place: eBay level products being presented in a Bentley showroom. Granted they sell their share of Bentley's and Lambo's too but...buyer beware!
(Disclosure: I've bought 2 watches at auction before. One I did well on and still own. The other was a wash: just okay product, resold at no loss)

Zenith A386 at Sotheby's

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