![]() Each line is not unique, rather a single A386 may appear on multiple lines as images are added over time. If you see any errors, or know of other Zenith A386s to add, please drop me a note with links or information.įor watches where the case number is not known (A386s do not have serial numbers on the movement), I have identified it by any portion of the case number known, plus a post date. Here is my attempt to aggregate all of the Zenith A386s I have seen. I don’t have an issue with those images being used, but if so, it would do everyone a service if it was noted all the parts that are not original to the watch. This is an issue to education – if a new collector stumbles upon these images, they would not likely know that they are looking at a non-original piece. ![]() What I do find disappointing is that it is quite common to see the A386 shown in publications with replacement parts, though never mentioned as such. It is up to the individual to decide whether this appeals to them, but a watch with these components replaced will have lower market value than an all-original piece in reasonable condition. As a result, we see a large number of pieces with both (including main hands, chronograph second hand, and register hands). Zenith supported (and continues to support) the A386 by providing service dials and hands as needed. ![]() ![]() – No more than 2,000 Zenith A386s per Hodinkee (2012). This figure was determined by Zenith in 2007. – 2,500 in Rossler’s Zenith: Swiss Watch Manufacture Since 1865, published in 2009. Zenith will not be publishing any updated values. This update of 4,500 pieces is based upon additional Zenith review of the archives, and is the last official value from Zenith, provided to Rossler in 2014. Production is estimated to have been between 19, with dates based on serial numbers plus information from the Extracts from the Zenith Registers, and combined with information from original owners. Per Manfred Rossler in the catalog El Primero – The Chronograph (available in German only) from 2015, there were approximately 4,500 Zenith A386 produced. ![]() For details on the race to build the first automatic chronograph, read about Project 99 at OnTheDash. The Zenith A386, announced in January 1969, introduced the El Primero movement, the first automatic chronograph in production with an incorporated automatic chronograph movement. ![]()
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