When the 5020 was launched in the 1990s as an alternative to the more classical 3970 it went down like a led balloon. As a result they made less than 200 examples in all metals hence now due to their rarity they're going up like a hot air balloon! While the cases were different & funky enough to have been a success I believe the reason for their relative failure to be the rather unfashionable Breguet numbers. Approximately 40% of total production were yellow gold, the other 60% being divided into rose, white & platinum. 90% of total production ran the Breguet dials & hands while the rest ran diamond index dials which turned the watches into a much more desirable beast. Suddenly the old antique dresser was transformed into an Eams chair! Rarer still are versions that ran bracelets. Only 4 pieces (of the original edition) are known, of which this is the only yellow variety. For me, the bracelet again turns it into a whole different animal userping the varieties with diamond indexes on leather straps even. The all important factor is that both it's original paperwork & archive certificate confirm its birth on a bracelet.
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With clients rarely loosing more than 15-20% in this process & even benefitting from large profits on occasion, we believe this is the way to build trust with the public. For example. If going 'off piste' & not sticking to in vogue trendy watches such as Batman's, we believe you would incur the same monetary loss spending £20,000 with us on your various purchases as you would spending £8500 at new RRP.
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Like the reintroduction of the Mini motorcar over a decade ago, this reinterpretation of Big Pilot by IWC is better than the original. This 1st series Platinum example is of course the top of the top.