I was talking to a friend today who was telling me about his Breitling limited edition. He was saying it was limited to only 1500 and it got me thinking of something I thought of a few weeks ago. We know that about 4500 Monaco's of all types, were made between 69 and 74/5 and I've counted up 14 different denominations including 3 1133B's G/G and G/B, 1533B and G, 73633B, B/B, G/G and G/B, 74033B, G and PVD. I would've thought that the PVD, Chronomatic, Transitional and 73633B/B were produced in the smallest numbers, so that leaves the other 10. Does anyone know how many of the other models were produced? Simple maths gives an average of 440 or so for each of them. So how many of the 4500 do you think survive today, how many have been lost or broken over the years? A quarter? And how many of the 4500 does the 1133B take up? A third of the total sales???? More, less?
Basically, I want to get one up on my mate and his Breitling!

Any thoughts?

David Howlett