Ref. A386: Zenith "contatori sovrapposti" a 3 colori

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LouS

Posted on 2/10/2012, 02:03 by: LouS

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QUOTE (nicola1960 @ 1/10/2012, 11:18)

Chiederei a Lous di mostrare alcune delle foto che ha trovato di fondelli di cronografi A 386 lisci, senza stella e con sequenza numerica xxxDxxx o xxxExxx.

At Nicola's request...

I post in English because I seem to confuse things with my bad Italian. I hope you forgive me for posting in a foreign language. If anyone wants to translate, please feel free.

First, of the 19 watches in my database with smooth casebacks, there are 16 which have caseback numbers that fit within well-defined production sequences. There appear to be two batches, a 538Dxxx (5 examples) and 706-708Dxxx (11 examples).
Here are some examples of these

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there are three watches with caseback numbers that do not fit, or stand well apart from productions sequences. Notice that they all have service dials and the serial number is engaraved more deeply. Here are some examples

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In my opinion, the first group are legitimate, and the second are fabrications.

I hope this is useful and does not lead to more acrimony.

I will add that member longinespassion is correct in saying that he and I have discussed this courteously on several occasions in the past, even though we do not entirely agree.

Again, sorry for the English.

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