Zenith El Primero A386
- Maker
- Zenith
- Year
- 1969 original / current Chronomaster Revival A386
- Rank
- 94 of 100
Zenith El Primero A386
Zenith El Primero A386 by Zenith (1969 original / current Chronomaster Revival A386) is ranked 94 in the FLOAT 100 for Watches. It carried a market asking price of $16,000 in June 2026, which is not a sale. Houses the 1969 El Primero, the first automatic high-beat (36,000 vph) chronograph; the A386 tri-color is the movement's defining original.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Houses the 1969 El Primero, the first automatic high-beat (36,000 vph) chronograph; the A386 tri-color is the movement's defining original.
El Primero A386 (37mm tri-color chronograph, 1969 first-gen high-beat)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $16,000
- Kind
- Market asking price, not a sale
- Date
- June 2026
Chrono24/EveryWatch: vintage 1969 A386 ~$14,000-$19,000 (full-set ~$27,075); recent sold $11,932-$22,699 (Nov 2025-Jan 2026). Modern Revival ref. 03.Z386 ~$9,600. ~$16K for a vintage A386.
This is not a sale. It is what the market was asking, and no transaction is recorded behind it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08