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Re: WTB: Orange dial Heuer Professional Diver,980.005 or.007
In Response To: Re: WTB: Orange dial Heuer Professional Diver,980.005 or.007 ()

: Thanks Marius. The one I have is one actually one I have had for 15
: or so years. The hands are blue with the same mercedes style
: logo on the hour pointer hand. Missing the dial though. Your
: watch looks great! Definitely want to get this back to working
: order. Not in the same condition as your watch right now. Needs
: some work as as I mentioned since the band is gone. Is the band
: in your picture the original style? When were these watches
: made?

: I appreciate your help with this,
: Ron

No problem Ron,I`m only glad to be of any help.

The strap I got it on in the pictures is not the original one,they originally came with the choice of a tropic style rubber strap,or an flat link oyster style bracelet on the early models/jubilee bracelet on later models
I bought a couple of the tropics from Bill (Squinky),very nice and correctly looking in my opinion.

The first Heuer divers were made in 78-79(?),these are often referred to as the Monnin series,check out Jarls excellent piece on his blog.
(Jarl dates them to 79-80,but since there is an entry of regular production series divers in the french 79 catalogue,I suspect the Monnin series pre-dates them with at least a year.)

http://classicheuers.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html

For reference you should definetely check out Jeffs scans of the old Heuer catalogues,there are some very good pics of the divers there.
Especially the 1977-82 catalogues.

http://www.onthedash.com/Guide/_Catalogs/

These scans are an invaluable source of information,and I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to everyone who has contributed in making them available to us,great piece of work guys!

cheers
Marius

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