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Prior appearance at auction

 

Good eye! I wonder if he sold the ladder bracelet and now has decided to part with the watch head.

 

Different seller

 

You know who bought the watch in the Fortuna auction?

 

Not sure it’s a Mk 1 case because I see a groove in the case where the lugs merge into the body. it’s definitely a service dial

 

Also service tach scale, service register hands (should be flat tipped), caseback points to a 5XXD serial and eBay piece is 944D

 

So in your opinion, a bit of a Franken special? If these are all service parts, assuming they are genuine Zenith, how does that affect value? Personally I think it's a great looking watch. I would much rather have the pointed register hands.

 

As mentioned above it has a Mark II caseback with a Mark III number creatively etched into the back. Actually according to alphahands there are no 944D serials for A386s.

https://alphahands.com/vintage-watch-research/zenith-a386-el-primero/

In terms of value I'd say it's worth $3200. The value is in the movement, crown, and case (excluding caseback).

 

That's a scary analysis. Thanks for the response. Think I better stick to collecting the newer stuff. If it sees too good to be true....

 

There’s actually no value in the case either as it’s highly a forged case, and has no reference to any of the A386 iterations.

 

I’ve never seen so bad writing of serial numbers ...