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My First Reaction -- Refinished / Repurposed Dial?
In Response To: Unknown Heuer Autavia 773303??? ()

My first reaction is that this dial has been refinished. Compare the original version with the dial on your watch, and we see a lot of differences.

Most obvious is the fact that the blue accents are missing, to the outside of the hour markers.

But look at the applied markers, and you will see that the construction is very different than the ones we see on the original dials. Which left me wondering whether someone might have taken a dial from an "Economy" model, and made it into an Autavia dial. Maybe from something like the Reference 73323 SN shown at the bottom of this posting. Uncertain about this theory.

In any event, thanks for posting and we will look forward to seeing some additional photos when you receive the watch.

Jeff


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