Consider a pre-owned? There are plenty of like new watches to be aquired at fair price over new.
Box & papers I would look for in pre-owned.
FYI, Do you know some of the history of the El Primero movement.
With the Japanise watches kicking the Swiss rear ends & quarts watches hit the market in the 70's.
Zenith management, in all its wisdom, scrapped the whole production, tools, dies, master model...
Well the lead man, can't remember name, took the time to mark everything, wrap it up, & stored it in his barn.
The industry is close knit & everyone knows each other.
Well, when the dust settled. Zenieth came knocking at his door, opened a cheque book.
"How much?" What took you so long. Did not take any money for it.
Now, the inerts of the watch: tungstun weight for rotor. Berilum bronze bearings, highly jeweled.
The beat is 36,000 per hour, which allows for the one tenth of a second counter.
I liked the El Primero Rainbow, absolutely beautiful watch.
Another note, the Rolex Daytona run people think the model used this movement before they produced their own current movement. Yes & No, does not have calander, the beat is slower @ 28,800 bph.
Not sure if any of the parts are interchangable. But, it speaks highly that Rolex used the platform rather than ETA 7700 series.
Cheers, Mike
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