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500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
on: October 26, 2017, 03:09:49 PM
pretty...and also pretty expensive.

Edit... and old hat, apparently... as it seems to have been news in july  :oops:

Move along...  :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:
« Last Edit: October 26, 2017, 03:27:48 PM by T14 »
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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #1 on: October 26, 2017, 03:39:44 PM
According to Swiss News, this is Carl Elsener building the 500 mio SAK that was produced by Victorinox.



I'm not sure if they ever where up for sale, but they were gifted to employees.
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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #2 on: October 26, 2017, 04:18:36 PM
I saw a pricetag for 950 CHF
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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #3 on: October 26, 2017, 04:26:32 PM
I saw a pricetag for 950 CHF
Yeah, but that is re-sale (ricardo/tutti or ebay?)

They were gifted to the employees. Not sure who else got one, I think it is limited to 3400...
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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #4 on: October 26, 2017, 05:18:50 PM
Righto.

Browsing Ricardo as a non-swiss resident is like being a penniless kid pressing ones face against the display window of a high end chocolatier store.  :drool: :ahhh

But enough of my drooling. Cheers for the info mate. Those are some mighty fine SAKs.
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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #5 on: October 26, 2017, 07:56:03 PM
Thanks for sharing the pictures T14!   :like: :tu: :tu:


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #6 on: October 26, 2017, 09:12:16 PM
Looks great.
Thanks for sharing!


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #7 on: October 27, 2017, 03:57:36 PM
Innumerable companies have had Vics (among other knives) made to commemorate events such as no accidents during a certain year, or meeting a production target, and it's great Vic made their own to celebrate such a milestone as major as half a billion SAKs. Here's to one billion.


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #8 on: October 28, 2017, 07:14:26 PM
I saw a pricetag for 950 CHF
Yeah, but that is re-sale (ricardo/tutti or ebay?)

They were gifted to the employees. Not sure who else got one, I think it is limited to 3400...
Checked with an employee... it was employees only, none went into sale
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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #9 on: October 28, 2017, 10:18:56 PM
Simply gorgeous! The numbers under the corkscrew is a nice touch!


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #10 on: September 21, 2018, 09:51:43 PM
Cool stuff


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #11 on: September 22, 2018, 04:58:36 PM
Browsing Ricardo as a non-swiss resident is like being a penniless kid pressing ones face against the display window of a high end chocolatier store.  :drool: :ahhh

Well said. But here am I crying 'take my money', but they will not want to deal with anybody outside Switzerland. No paypal, no intl shipping.
Want to buy:
SwissChamp - 500 Mio
Huntsman - Eidgenossenschaft 700 Year Commemorative
Wenger - FASS 90 Grünig and Elmiger in Green scales


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #12 on: September 22, 2018, 05:41:00 PM
Browsing Ricardo as a non-swiss resident is like being a penniless kid pressing ones face against the display window of a high end chocolatier store.  :drool: :ahhh

Well said. But here am I crying 'take my money', but they will not want to deal with anybody outside Switzerland. No paypal, no intl shipping.
Sounds like a plane trip is needed then. Visit the factory also.  :whistle:


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #13 on: January 30, 2019, 07:26:42 AM
What's the manufacturers number of 500MIO edition?
I tried to find any official press-release or reference and I have not find any.
Want to buy:
SwissChamp - 500 Mio
Huntsman - Eidgenossenschaft 700 Year Commemorative
Wenger - FASS 90 Grünig and Elmiger in Green scales


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #14 on: January 30, 2019, 07:42:31 AM
There isn’t one that I know of.  Maybe this will help explain...

https://youtu.be/OkHmDa5lJIc


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #15 on: January 30, 2019, 09:34:39 AM
Oh, they ruined the perfect box with damn handwriting. What a pity )

I guess internally this SwissChamp might have something like 1.67957MIO, but I cannot find any reference. The boxes were not marked since they did not went through distribution trade channels.
Want to buy:
SwissChamp - 500 Mio
Huntsman - Eidgenossenschaft 700 Year Commemorative
Wenger - FASS 90 Grünig and Elmiger in Green scales


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #16 on: January 30, 2019, 10:05:31 AM
There isn’t one that I know of.  Maybe this will help explain...

https://youtu.be/OkHmDa5lJIc

Good video, thanks for posting.  :)

A significant milestone, and what a nice gesture by Victorinox towards its employees.  :hatsoff:  Three thousand four hundred is a lot of knives! It must have taken Mr Elsener months to inscribe the boxes, on and off, I imagine.

A side of me would prefer this commemorative edition to stay in the recipient's possession until they die. Not that I'd pass up an opportunity, mind! (It would have to be for cheap!) :D

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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #17 on: January 30, 2019, 10:35:14 AM
What's the manufacturers number of 500MIO edition?
I tried to find any official press-release or reference and I have not find any.
I don't think that there would be any.  : think:
Because it was an internal "private" model.  :think:
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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #18 on: January 30, 2019, 11:35:28 AM
It must have taken Mr Elsener months to inscribe the boxes, on and off, I imagine.

There are 100 pcs in the 3401 pcs run that are claimed to be hand assembled by Mr. Elsener, they bear special etching. One was offered on the Ricardo web auction at 10 or 18 thousand Swiss franks.

I am lucky, mine came without any hand signatures on the boxes, except those in the printed leaflet.
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Want to buy:
SwissChamp - 500 Mio
Huntsman - Eidgenossenschaft 700 Year Commemorative
Wenger - FASS 90 Grünig and Elmiger in Green scales


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #19 on: January 30, 2019, 11:46:45 AM
disregard


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #20 on: January 30, 2019, 12:56:49 PM
 :o :o :ahhh :like:


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #21 on: January 30, 2019, 02:24:04 PM
It must have taken Mr Elsener months to inscribe the boxes, on and off, I imagine.

There are 100 pcs in the 3401 pcs run that are claimed to be hand assembled by Mr. Elsener, they bear special etching. One was offered on the Ricardo web auction at 10 or 18 thousand Swiss franks.

I am lucky, mine came without any hand signatures on the boxes, except those in the printed leaflet.

You live in Somalia but work in Ibach?
You should seriously visit vicfan.com. All the hoopy froods are doing it.


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #22 on: January 30, 2019, 02:49:50 PM
 :dd: What a wonderful memento. 
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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #23 on: January 30, 2019, 03:54:15 PM
There isn’t one that I know of.  Maybe this will help explain...

https://youtu.be/OkHmDa5lJIc

Good video, thanks for posting.  :)

A significant milestone, and what a nice gesture by Victorinox towards its employees.  :hatsoff:  Three thousand four hundred is a lot of knives! It must have taken Mr Elsener months to inscribe the boxes, on and off, I imagine.

A side of me would prefer this commemorative edition to stay in the recipient's possession until they die. Not that I'd pass up an opportunity, mind! (It would have to be for cheap!) :D
Not a problem!
I agree with you on the gesture towards its employees, and I don’t know if you know, when 9/11 hit, Victorinox was hit hard also. He kept working the employees even though sales dropped big time.
I have only seen one come up for sale, and the employee who received it, had passed away. The family was selling it.


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #24 on: January 30, 2019, 03:57:57 PM
Oh yeah, very nice!  :woohoo:


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #25 on: January 30, 2019, 04:51:58 PM
I've seen a few on ricardo.ch, at least three.
This one may be a good one for FB's February buying spree challenge: https://www.ricardo.ch/de/a/victorinox-500-millionste-million-mio-1046178544/
You should seriously visit vicfan.com. All the hoopy froods are doing it.


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #26 on: January 31, 2019, 06:37:09 AM
I've seen a few on ricardo.ch, at least three.
This one may be a good one for FB's February buying spree challenge: https://www.ricardo.ch/de/a/victorinox-500-millionste-million-mio-1046178544/

This is what a 500Mio owner told me: "United States Headquarters had a special celebration at the US HQ in which the owners of the company attended. Each employee received a packaged gift during that ownership visit and this knife was a part of the gift."

That employee at Ricardo wants 5000 Swiss francs, probably poor thing is underpaid by Victorinox )))
Want to buy:
SwissChamp - 500 Mio
Huntsman - Eidgenossenschaft 700 Year Commemorative
Wenger - FASS 90 Grünig and Elmiger in Green scales


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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #27 on: January 31, 2019, 12:06:10 PM
That employee at Ricardo wants 5000 Swiss francs, probably poor thing is underpaid by Victorinox )))
More likely, its just a job for that person... and 5k is a lot. And ultimately, if you are not a collector it is too valuable to use, what else are you supposed to do with it?

Think about it, would you buy it for 5k? No? So you love Victorinox and you rather have 5k than this knife? Honestly, if I had one and this sells I would be very much tempted to sell mine (I don't have one, so I do not have to face that moral dilemma).
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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #28 on: January 31, 2019, 01:03:56 PM
If I could sell a SAK for 4,300 euros....  :drool:
Hooked, like everyone else. ;)

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Re: 500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition
Reply #29 on: January 31, 2019, 01:24:41 PM
If I had the money, I would have the knife. But I don’t so.  :cheers:


 

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