How rare of 16803 blue nipple dial

[daniel_hk]

Hi fellows, recently I am going to find 16613 T＜25 version in the market. It is not hard to find but just timing issue to get a fullset in very good condition. One day, I was surfing Internet and discovered the earliest version 16803 was using nipple dial. Before that I thought only Early GMT master used Nipple dial. But then I was looking for more information about this Sub earliest TT version, it seems such combination was just lasted for 2-3 years in early 1980s. They produced in black and blue at the same time. So, I suppose this version especially Blue dial the quantity was only very small amount. But luckily, it is not the hot items in collector's market, the price should not be sky high at the moment.

But it is so rare to find in the used market surrounding my place (Hong Kong). May I know anybody here can tell me which places/area that still can have chance to meet such model? Also, any comment on this earliest Sub TT version?

Thanks in advance, Daniel

[JustinK]

I am also interested in this model with the nipple dial however no one seems to be sure they were sold this way. It was speculated the nipple dials were swapped from the 16808.