Zenith El Primero A385 year 1970

[Verona]

Good morning.

With the help of a friend we discovered that the second hand sleeve of my vintage watch is cracked and for that is inconstantly going to zero when the Chrono is reset.

I tried to find the replacement but seems to be very difficult to find. Any advise?

Thanks a lot 

[nickelsilver]

You don't have many options. Zenith does sell parts to watchmakers who have an account with them, but they made it essentially impossible to get the account several years ago (a friend had and then lost his account then). Your options are: send it to Zenith, who will do a full service including repairing/ replacing the hand, or, take it to a watchmaker who does have a parts account, or, be patient and hunt Ebay until a new old stock hand comes up for sale.

 

A 1970 El Primero will be in dire need of a service (unless done in the last few years), and may need other parts as well.

[Verona]

Thanks for your answer. I think that the watch is fine except the second hand, unfortunately. I will surf the web to look for it. Ciao