coconutman351 wrote:Seller did say it was made for a VIP in a company. So does that mean Pulsar was open to creating custom build watches like this one? Perhaps Pulsar didn't add a serial number due to unique nature of the designed work.
From my conversations with Eddie Ratcliff, Time Computer had no such in-house capability; damaged watches were more easily replaced, than repaired. The only "custom" model Time Computer ever offered was the 7409...a 7408 with Florentined case and bracelet (to my knowledge, only two of these are known to exist...if there are others out there, I'd love to see them). Like the diamond-studded P1 that so deeply offended our collective aesthetic sense a while back, this watch was simply purchased from TC, and turned over, by the purchaser, to a private jeweler to do the rest (as, also, the "sunburst"-cased stainless P3 that made the rounds a couple years ago).
The only other possible exceptions I can think of would be the Grima watches. Though they were commissioned by Time Computer, their actual design and creation was done outside of the Lancaster factory (London, actually).
As far as there being no serial number...I'm thinking there originally WAS one. The surface of the case back is far too rough to be the original finish, and so it seems likely that it was "planed down" a bit (with a file?) to make room for a dedicationary engraving, which was never executed. I have a solid 14K Date/Command that was similarly "prepared", though, in that case, they did a much cleaner job of flattening and smoothing the surface.
In general, I'm of the opinion that, unless the watch was modified for, or by, a person of some note, such alterations diminish, rather than enhance, the value to collectors.