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El Primero A384

1969–c. 19722 variants

Angular 37 mm El Primero chronograph with a silver Panda dial, black registers and a red central hand. One of the three original El Primero references introduced in 1969.

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Zenith El Primero A384 · The Index

Brands
Zenith
El Primero
A384

El Primero A384

1969–c. 19722 variants

Angular 37 mm El Primero chronograph with a silver Panda dial, black registers and a red central hand. One of the three original El Primero references introduced in 1969.

Panda dialA pale chronograph dial with contrasting dark subsidiary registers. The term describes the colour arrangement; it does not establish a watch’s age, originality or reference.

chronographChronographA watch function for starting, stopping and resetting an elapsed-time measurement independently of the ordinary time display.

Introduced in 1969. Specialist guides date original-reference production approximately through 1972; individual executions may have narrower ranges.

Zenith A384, Panda Dial. Exact documented source specimen; condition and originality assessments remain attributed to European Watch Company. · Photo: European Watch Company · © European Watch Company, used with permission · Source: https://www.europeanwatch.com/watch/zenith-a384-vintage-el-primero-panda-ss-gf-ladder-bracelet-25193

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Variants over time

Production years have not been recorded for these variants.

Variants

Panda DialUndated
Silver Panda dial with black subsidiary registers and a black tachymeter ring in the angular A384 case. The photographed European Watch Company specimen is fitted with a Gay Frères ladder bracelet.
Angular tonneau casePanda register layout
1 sub-variants:Brown-Aged Panda Dial

Reference specifications

Brand: Zenith
Model: El Primero
Reference: A384
Production: 1969–c. 1972
Case material: Stainless steel
Case diameter: 37 mm
Date: Yes
Movement: Automatic

More specifications (1)

Calibers: 3019 PHC

Specs shared by all variants. Variant pages show where a variant differs.

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