07 May 2024, 07:19
hi all the p1 is back for sale on e bay (usa) this time with a buy it now 18k plus, as mint as can be , is it worth it ?
At the BIN price, no. The opening bid is closer to the mark, at $14.5k. It does have the setting magnet (a big plus), but no boxes, papers, or owner's manual. $13K would be a good price, $12K, a great price. This one has not been available to collectors before.
Top-end...minty, working, boxes, all papers and manual, spare magnet, registration card...$20-25K. Probably only about a dozen out there, this complete.
It should be borne in mind that, at 50 or so known, the P1 is far from being the rarest Pulsar...I can think of half a dozen models that are numerically MUCH rarer...the 3140, the 7725, any of the three types of 18K Calculators, the 6414-2, the 5420-2, the 1201 and 1211, the 7409...and several others. Only two 14K P1s are known, and I have not seen a model number associated with this variation. Recently, a unique 18K Dress watch has surfaced...doesn't get any rarer than that. So far, i know of no existing examples of an 18K P2, or solid gold Classics in either 14 or 18 karat.
But the P1 carries the distinction of being the world's first electronic digital watch, and thus enjoys a particular historical significance.