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HP-01 with untypical serial Message #1 Posted by Matthias Wehrli on 9 Nov 2006, 12:59 a.m. Hi Got a used HP-01 in gold (mainly for trading as you can see in the classified ads)... Today I recognized, that this watch has a serial that begins with 9999A. Who can explain this to me? What happened here? Matthias

Re: HP-01 with untypical serial Message #2 Posted by Marcus von Cube, Germany on 9 Nov 2006, 3:04 a.m., in response to message #1 by Matthias Wehrli Quote: Today I recognized, that this watch has a serial that begins with 9999A. Your watch will be manufactured in week 99 in the year 2059 in the USA. Marcus

Re: HP-01 with untypical serial Message #3 Posted by Raymond Del Tondo on 9 Nov 2006, 4:38 a.m., in response to message #2 by Marcus von Cube, Germany Nice one:-))) Actually, maybe it's a prototype, or someone just forgot to adjust the date stamp? Raymond

Re: HP-01 with untypical serial Message #4 Posted by Geir Isene on 9 Nov 2006, 6:37 a.m., in response to message #2 by Marcus von Cube, Germany Silly Marcus, there is no week 99. Matthias, the watch will be manufactured in week 47 in 2060. The interesting question is how it got timewaped back to you.

Re: HP-01 with untypical serial Message #5 Posted by Bill Wiese on 9 Nov 2006, 2:28 p.m., in response to message #4 by Geir Isene Perhaps this watch had warranty work, perhaps even the whole watch got replaced. (Dunno where the S/N is on an HP01.) It's fairly common for warranty replacement items to have weird S/Ns.

Re: HP-01 with untypical serial Message #6 Posted by Wayne Brown on 10 Nov 2006, 1:09 p.m., in response to message #4 by Geir Isene Quote: Silly Marcus, there is no week 99. How do you know? Maybe by 2059 we'll have moved the Earth farther from the Sun to counteract global warming. :-)

Speaking of untypical serial Message #7 Posted by Han on 9 Nov 2006, 2:50 p.m., in response to message #1 by Matthias Wehrli I have a similar question. I recently purchased an HP48GX with a black LCD. On the back, the serial number engraved onto the plastic is clearly an Indonesian serial number. However, there is also an official sticker of some sort on the back with the HP logo and a Singapore serial number. My _guess_ is that the sticker indicates the replacement serial number. Perhaps your watch was similarly replaced?

Re: Speaking of untypical serial Message #8 Posted by Randy on 9 Nov 2006, 4:46 p.m., in response to message #7 by Han Quote: My _guess_ is that the sticker indicates the replacement serial number I honestly doubt it. I've seen more than my fair share of 48's and I've never seen such a sticker on one. The only Singapore origin stickers of *any* kind I've ever seen were inside 30 series units and 41's. By the time they got to Pioneers and 48's, HP didn't do anything to maintain serial numbers on replacment machines. Serial X went in, serial Y came back. Not at all like the LED days. A couple of questions: Does the s/n of the Inonesian unit correspond with a black screen unit? Is there any type of date code on the sticker and if so, what is it?

Speaking of untypical HP-01s Message #9 Posted by Frank Wales on 9 Nov 2006, 6:54 p.m., in response to message #1 by Matthias Wehrli Here's a slightly different HP-01 to contemplate.

Re: Speaking of untypical HP-01s Message #10 Posted by Bram on 10 Nov 2006, 4:43 a.m., in response to message #9 by Frank Wales How do you wear a Palm around your wrist? ;-)

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