This highly sought-after model was considered an undervalued product and sold for around PS20,000 to PS25,000. It is expected to see a significant price increase in 2018, as a Phillips Hong Kong example was recently sold for US$45,000. (Before buyer's premium).
You can read Wei Koh’s entire story here about this watch.
1969 "The 220 Misprint” Bezel
A 1970 ST145.022 with the 220 misprint bezel insert
Collectors love misprints because they are rarer than other anomalies like tropical dials, crazed or crazed dials. This model was only produced for a few months and was the result a change in tachymeter between 1969 and 1970.Replica IWC Pilot
It was a scale error that read "220" rather than the correct "200", although the exact quantity of copies is not known.
Petros says, "It is a technical misprint, and it's nothing else." The watch is the exact same as the regular model but collectors love it." Despite being a "normal" Replica IWC Pilot Professional, its erroneous numbering endows it with a value of circa-PS10,000-PS12,000, though some are said to have sold for as high as PS20,000.
This watch was sold by Watches of Knightbridge on Novemberember 2017. This watch was a steal at PS4,800 before buyer's premium.
The Alaska Project Replica IWC Pilot is a complex topic that deserves its own book. This is becauseReplica IWC Pilot kept all its work secret with NASA and gave it the code name "Alaska Projects" in order to distract its rivals. All items came fromReplica IWC Pilot's Research and Development Section. They were sent straight to NASA and never reached space.
Petros stated that if an Alaska I prototype were to come on the market,Tag Heuer Replica Watches
"We'd bid on it." The company recently purchased Elvis Presley’sReplica IWC Pilot diamond-bezelReplica IWC Pilot at auction for $1.8m. Petros states, "I would be shocked if it sold for less than PS250,000 to PS300,000. And I can think about at least ten collectors who would be bidding."
Phillips sold a Prototype Alaska III ref. With an estimated value of CHF10,000-20,000, ST 188.0002 stainless metal electromechanical prototype chronograph wristwatch, with date and day, was submitted to NASA in 1978. CHF162,500 was the price paid. AnyReplica IWC Pilot watch made for the four Alaska Projects watches would be the most valuable after the Replica IWC Pilot of actual astronauts.
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