I passed up a nice Waterford 50th anniversary Paramount being sold in La Jolla early this year in my size for under $1000. It was too similar in configuration to my Tommasini - instead of having 1 gorgeous Italian classic steel steed with friction shifting and not very wide range gearing, I would have had two - one Italian Classic, one American one. I have since used the same cash to buy both my Trek Y-foil, and my Paramount PDG Series 7 with a modern 9x3 wide range drive train. Not as elegant for sure, but each of these serves a purpose for me that the Waterford Paramount would not have - at the expense of the eye candy.