Here is my latest Zenith purchase, possibly a ref. A384:

I'm researching these brown or brownish variants of the ref. A384. We've seen sub dials in a whole range of color shades between original black over dark brown ("tropical") to this light caramel color. I have reasons to assume that the caramel version is a separate model. I've seen disjunct ranges of serial numbers and all caramel variants have a back with a 14-sided polygon (as opposed to 12 sides on a true ref. A384, although I know one with black sub dials and 14-sided polygon back).

As the sample investigated so far is rather small I would appreciate to see other tropical or caramel watches in order to falsify or to support my hypothesis. Please send color correct images of the dial and the back, serial number, further infos you could provide. May I dream of a first owner's original documents naming a different reference number?

Have a caramel-sweet weekend,

Mick