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Mine does not have the anticounterfit symbol
In Response To: HEY, MIKE & JOHN!!! 4 different AD's ()

: Hey guys! i had a full sunday afternoon to
: visit 4 different AD's... guess what! all
: the PO's & SMP's with the lazer
: anti-counterfit marks did have the
: "bobble wobble" the ones that
: didn't have the anti-counterfit did NOT do
: it!!! so that means pre-2005 have the old He
: valves and post-2005 models have the new
: valves!the AD's had no clue what i was
: talking about!one of the AD's just kept
: talking about my PO's co-axial
: movement...??????

Sorry to disappoint your super sleuth work, and maybe there is some merit, but my PO does not have the "globe" on it and the HE valve wobbles.

After some checking, my SMP 300 (no anti counterfit either) also moves a little when not fully opened. Not entirely sure why it would "wobble". My guess it that it might have to have some play in it to allow the gas to escape more easily.

Whatever the reason, two watches here and both do have some play in the HE valve when partially opened. No play at all when they are fully opened.

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