Zenith El Primero A788 - Searching for second hand and bezel

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grey_market

·Jul 16, 2026

Hello,

New here to this forum.

I'm the new owner of this 1972 Zenith El Primero A788, and it seems like the original owner throughout it's life had the second hand and the bezel swapped out. I'll post more photos later today to give a better sense of the watch.

I'm now starting the fun journey of looking to source these two parts for the watch. If anyone can point me in the direction or school me about anything else on this watch that would be appreciated.

Always happy to learn.
- Colston

 

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grey_market

·Jul 16, 2026

Additional photos of the watch - seems to have been awarded to the sellers father in 1972 by Zenith for a sales award.

 

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JimJupiter

·Jul 17, 2026

Looks like someone matched some Heuer parts (hands and tachy bezel) to the Zenith?!

 

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50kopek

·Jul 17, 2026

A quick Ebay search throws up a couple of bezels, including a NOS one for around $400:

A788 bezel

And I don't know if hands are interchangeable between different El Primero's from that era, but there are some very similar looking El Primero ones listed too.

Edited: Jul 17, 2026

 

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grey_market

·Jul 17, 2026

Thank you!

50kopek

A quick Ebay search throws up a couple of bezels, including a NOS one for around $400:

A788 bezel

And I don't know if hands are interchangeable between different El Primero's from that era, but there are some very similar looking El Primero ones listed too.

 

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grey_market

·Jul 17, 2026

JimJupiter

Looks like someone matched some Heuer parts (hands and tachy bezel) to the Zenith?!

Is that where that bezel is from? I haven't been able to find anything similar yet in the zenith history, so that would make sense

 

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grey_market

·Mon. 10:07am

Does anyone know what the correct end link code for this case is? It seems like there are a lot of slight varients of end links and I want to be certain before buying a set.

I have a sourced this bracelet that I would like to fit on it, if compatible.

Thank you