Vintage
Bruno.M1 initiates a thought-provoking discussion on the Zenith De Luca, questioning its position as potentially the most undervalued vintage chronograph. His post draws comparisons to highly-priced vintage Heuer Autavias and Rolex Daytonas, arguing that the De Luca, with its iconic El Primero movement and Zenith's manufacturing heritage, deserves greater recognition and market value. This analysis provides a compelling case for re-evaluating certain vintage chronographs.
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I have the Deluca predecessor that I bought 2 years ago for 4400€ along with 2 other el primero from the mid 70's that have been skyrocketting in value . Now my sub sea costs between 5000-6500€. The other two model are between the 2900-3500€ price range too The problem is that the valjoux 72 is vastly overhyped and grossly overpriced but as I said in Magnus's thread the auctions houses and watch weblogs which are most of the times guided and directed by greedy price gougers are responsible for k
... NOS at a 50% discount of its already outdated price. Only three years later, I sold it (with some profit, I might add), because - as with most reverse Panda dial designs - it was really difficult to read the time whenever one of the hands was above a white subdial. Other than that, it was a great watch, and I found it to have increased popularity massively within these few years. This seems to have cooled off a bit since. Marcus
I’ve always been enamored by watches, especially chronographs. My father was a pilot having received his license at 16 in 1931, entered the military during WW2 and was a flight instructor at Long Beach. He had a thing about time probably because it helped him to navigate. For my 16th birthday he gave me a new Wakmann triple date chronograph with a Valjoux movement. It was James Bond who introduced me to Rolex but it wasn’t until much later that I started looking at Rolex chronographs. By 1966 I
I’ve always been enamored by watches, especially chronographs. My father was a pilot having received his license at 16 in 1931, entered the military during WW2 and was a flight instructor at Long Beach. He had a thing about time probably because it helped him to navigate. For my 16th birthday he gave me a new Wakmann triple date chronograph with a Valjoux movement. It was James Bond who introduced me to Rolex but it wasn’t until much later that I started looking at Rolex chronographs. By 1966 I
I have been after an El Primero for a while, but never considered the Deluca until I saw the blue face on Chrono24. The only issue I have with it, is trying to find extra links for the bracelet (had to add an extender to the clasp which is not ideal). Despite having the extension, this quickly became a favorite, I find I like it more every time I wear
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