Man, thats quite a significant jump. I'm not sure how to take this - on one hand, it's supposed to be a significant piece of timekeeping history that has a place in just about any collection. But on the other hand, from a practical standpoint (or at least my practical standpoint at least), its only a manual wound chronograph with 50m WR that has now become rather pricey. Even a cheaper reduced has more useful specs (to me la at least). I did earmark it as a possible future acquisition but now, at this price point, I'm loosing interest di. I wonder how many ppl would end up feeling the same? This isn't a rolex/AP/PP. Curious to see how the market responds to this.