Special (?) Simpson 260 VOM?!?!?

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I recently saw this meter on Praybay and I am wondering how much truth there is to how the quy had it advertised. Basically he said that there was no series designation on the meter scale as many others do have, but not all. He also noted that there was no "serial number" where most have one somewhere on the body or face. Finally he noted that the Simpson logo and the 260 logo were in red lettering instead of white.

I went through the Simpson260.com webpage and never even found a meter that looks like this one, much less has red letters. I did note that some older series' like series 2 I think don't have the series designation on the meter scale, but those models dont have the same switching configuration as mine.

At any rate, I fell for the story and battled a rather large number of bidders to wind up with upwards of a C note tied up in a mint condition, yet still a simple 260 VOM. I could easily get two or three for that money; perhaps not in that condition, but condition doesn't read volts, ohms, and mills! :scratch2