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@WimVDD
Thanks @saarf. Really appreciate your contribution. I'm not saying mine IS an Elegant, it's just what I think it is because Elegant has most of the features my frame has too.
Reasons why (I think) mine cannot be a Crystal, is that (above all) the tubes are round, not ovalized, nor crimped. The headtube lugs are the same as the ones used on the Master/Tecnos frames; Crystal didn't have these "complex cutted" lugs on the headtube. The seattube lug is also different from the ones I found on Crystals: all photos of Crystals I've seen show the same seattube lug as used on post '96 Masters, Tecnos ("C" stamp ànd complex cutted lug); mine has the rather simple seattube lug cutting (but does have the "C" stamped in it). Different than most Crystals I have seen, mine has the brake cable running through the top tube. Saying these frames only came in 3 different colours isn't correct: look at the 1994-colour table and you can see the Elegant came in at least 9 colours. There's one here on the forum that comes in another colour:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/238814/
But you're right, maybe I'll have to take off all components again and put the frame on some scales.