05 Mar 2014, 00:56
Now we're going on about the "Swiss case" aspect of the P3L... Both of mine are in Swiss cases, as are the others I know about. There is every indication that ALL P3Ls are made of Swiss-made 2407 cases, and ALL have modified P4 Executive solid-link bracelets. So, there is nothing "rare" or even unusual about those features (in fact, it can't be a P3L without them!). There is no such thing as a GF P3L, because there is no such thing as a GF solid-link bracelet. The modules are always 104 (Auto-Set) Men's Dress modules (again, not some "rare" variation, but a characteristic feature). Don't forget, by the time these were made, Time Computer was already importing Swiss cases for the P3 Date/Command, Big Time, Classic, and small (Euro) Calculators, as well as many of the Ladies models; Star simply could not keep up with demand for cases, so there is nothing exotic, or even surprising, that Swiss cases were used, since they were intended for an Asian market, not a North American one.
I suspect there are a fair number of these scattered across Japan (the primary intended market), also going unrecognized because of the strong resemblance to the standard 2407-2.
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bruce wegmann on 05 Mar 2014, 01:30, edited 1 time in total.