
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
text is not bad either Cheers D
Vintage world nowadays is quite crazy and is very difficult to predict which model in the future will reach the glory among collectors, from the moment that there are many historical and gorgeous models that are widely underrated, while others (such as the Autavia) are sky rocking. Your De Luca is a very nice watch with a mythical movement, the most important together with the 27 CHRO C12. Furthermore also the design and the look are really appealing and quite similar to the Autavia (hands, beze
Been looking at these for a while and I suppose I might look closer still, now
But you have also to check if the watch has not a replacement or service dial therefore before buying, I would advise to post the watch in question. Good luck in your quest because once they are sold, they are gone permanently
... NOS at a 50% discount of its already outdated price.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
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