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"40mm Heuer Monnin of France automatic Diver watch c.1975...in really nice vintage condition..aged and patinaed original dial....SS case with screw-down crown (not in the greatest condition but works fine) and rotating bezel...clean mineral crystal...20mm lugs...signed all over the place..a very unusual, desireable, and highly collectible vintage Heuer"
A member of the watch forum had a sharing of thoughts with Chuck Maddox shortly before his leaving us, and in the light of available information & the state of the watch collecting community as it is today, that he was of the same thoughts as he have been for some time now, that this watch may be about the most collectible & historically significant Diver's watch that Heuer ever made.
: Reasoning of thoughts:
: Quite simple really the first of it's kind, the original Prototype if you will. The hallmark trademark of the Heuer & Tag Heuer lines in case & dial design. The 1st automatic diver entry into the fold at the time by Heuer & made rarer still by Special limited examples with Military 12/24 hour dial's, which were issued to French Foriegn legion units in the late 1970's into the very early 1980's in very small number's. The shear low number of examples made in France with either dial configuration & the relatively low number of remaining examples that survived in any hands today, make this the Holy Grail of Heuer Diver's watches.
Very early Heuer vintage automatic diver ref. 844 made in France by Monnin.
This is one of the first Heuer made diver watches. The 844 model was made for Heuer in 1979-80 in France by G. Monnin. This was the first trial run for Heuer into the divers watch market. Heuer did not think it would be worth while tooling up for something like that so they purchased already existing models in France. As you can see the divers watch market was very successful, that they started to gear up in 1980's with swiss made movement.
The dial is printed with "MADE IN : FRANCE" on the bottom, and say : "METRES" and : "PROFESSIONEL" as opposed to : anglicized "METERS" and "PROFESSIONAL" versions of that. The hands are of cathedral type. There is also red 24 hour numeral on the dial.
The movement is Felsa FE 4611A and is signed G. Monnin France on the rotor. Later Swiss made Heuer divers have movements from ETA.
Will shipped worldwide,$1150, paypal can do.
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