That was in fact something surreal for me! During lunch we spoke about his design process in 2004, how dear to him this design is, and how the crown design was updated shortly after the concept watches were presented not only to mimic the fuel cap design on the original Vanquish, but to also provide a greater amount of traction for easier, more practical time and date setting.... The most amusing thing of all is that he didn't recall there ever being a Le Mans prototype with a PVD black crown, and I assured him there was at least one such piece 100% . I told him Nico had pictures of it on here, and if he doesn't post them before I do, I'll dig them up again! I hope he sends them to Francis in case he doesn't read the forum........