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el Primero

One of the original 1969-era El Primero models, the A385 was produced from 1969 to 1971 in a 37 mm tonneau-shaped stainless steel case — the smallest and most distinctively cushion-shaped of the vintage references here — with a brown dial. It runs the El Primero 400 automatic at 36,000 vph with a…

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Zenith el Primero A385
ReferenceA385
BrandZenith
FamilyChronomaster
Produced1969–1971
StatusDiscontinued
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Zenith — 9 min readZenith Chronomaster: El Primero, the Attic, and the 1/10th-Second IdeaA connected history of Zenith Chronomaster, from the 1969 El Primero A384, A385, and A386 to the quartz-crisis survival story, Revival models, Chronomaster Original, and Chronomaster Sport with the modern El Primero 3600.