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Originally Posted by Haywood_Milton
Until I have some reason to indicate otherwise, I have strong reason to believe that many more than 30 14270 Blackouts were made.
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I have to agree with this, I have personally owned 2 distinct Blackout Explorers (one white print and one silver) both E serials (one earlier E and one later E) and I had both RSC serviced to ensure that there were no dubious parts on them- namely the dial (that's not to say somebody way back couldn't have replaced the dial with a genuine Blackout dial, but that would not change the conclusion either as it would have had to come out of an original blackout- a very unlikely what-if, but I digress).
Anyway, I would guess that there are at least a couple hundred out there. Internet sales history≠global availability.
A personal note- they seem to come up about as often as another loved rarity of mine- the Patek Philippe 5165.