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Model:	Zenith El Primero	Last Scraped:	June 19, 2025, 12:47 p.m.
Username:	dsio	Location:	Unknown
Email:	Unknown	Feedback:	3 Reviews (100% )

I've had this piece for many years, it was serviced and a NOS OEM crystal fitted a decade ago and only worn a handful of times since then. Its a stunning watch in person and on the wrist with a very attractive original lume colour and one of the whitest and cleanest dials I've seen on an A386, as many have a faded or grey tone from age.

The watch comes on a Horween shell cordovan strap with aftermarket buckle. The photos below were taken two days ago with a very sharp macro lens and Sony ZV-E1 camera, the watch looks quite a bit better on the wrist but the camera will show a great deal of detail if you click the images below.

I can provide extensive references from the US, Europe and Asia.

It is priced at $19500 USD or best reasonable offer shipped anywhere in the world.

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Great transaction with dsio

I had a smooth transaction with @dsio. Well, who would have expected otherwise ![:\)]. Many thanks, Ash and OF. I would have never been able to source such a nice watch all by myself or would have burnt $$$ on fakes and redials first. So who buys the Ultima ![:\)]? …
By iamvr Jan. 22, 2021, 5:55 a.m. on Omega Forums
DSIO Spot on seller A+++++

Bought a few watches in one transaction from Ash. Stellar packaging and great comms as you would expect. Dont hesitate in buying from him. P.S Cheers to @Trev for shipping one out.
By DLT222 Aug. 24, 2020, 10:24 a.m. on Omega Forums
dsio, a recommendation

I bought an item from dsio. As you'd expect, he is nothing short of a stand up guy. Throughout the deal, he was a pleasure to interact with. I'd recommend working with him in a heart beat.
By oddboy May 8, 2015, 7:11 p.m. on Omega Forums

The price of this watch is an outlier for this particular model and not included in the distribution. It may be miscategorized, incorrectly priced, or extremely unique.

Highest:	$14,000	Lowest:	$2
Median:	$5,500.00	Std. Dev:	±$3,046.04

Estimated Private Party Value $3,143 — $7,093


	Established:	1865
	Website:	http://www.zenith-watches.com/
	Country of Origin:	Switzerland

Zenith SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker. The company was started in 1865 by Georges Favre-Jacot at the age of 22, in Le Locle in the canton of Neuchâtel. Zenith was purchased by LVMH in November 1999, becoming one of several brands in their watch and jewellery division. Jean-Claude Biver became Interim CEO in 2017, replaced CEO Aldo Magada, who replaced Jean-Frédéric Dufour in 2014.

Zenith has a long reputation for the quality and precision of their watches. It is one of the Swiss watch manufacturers that still produce their own movements in-house.

The El Primero calibre, which was first released in 1969, and still produced today, was one of the first automatic chronograph movements and has a frequency of 36,000 alternations per hour (5 Hz). This high rate allows a resolution of 1⁄10 of a second and a potential for greater positional accuracy over the more common standard frequency of 28,800 alternations per hour (4 Hz). The El Primero was honoured with a 2012 release of the El Primero Stratos Flyback Striking 10th, limited to 1,969 pieces (in honour of the original 1969 release date), that housed the same 36,000 vph movement and a sub-dial measuring in tenths of a second to make a complete rotation every ten seconds.

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