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Per Bob Hovey's site, the Cinelli sloping crown started appearing on Cali GC's in 1978, and was superseded by the (clunky, I concur) Henry James crown. Doesn't mean there weren't exceptions - yours appears to be one of them (as is my '81 Prestige, which has the Fischer crown rather than the Microfusione cast version that predominated by then). But I agree with repechage that the Cinelli crown is a real deviation from the Faliero style.