way to go Nick! good job on posting!

i'm no expert, barely a novice at best. comparing it to the otd pics, the biggest difference other than the hands is the dots applied at 5 sec. increments. they are not on your watch. does this mean a redial? would be nice to hear an experts view on this issue. also the red lines at every 5 sec., i can see white underneath the red on yours. i can't see it on the otd pics, but i can't tell if there is an angle difference that is causing this?

this leads me to a different issue from the one at hand. i remember someone making a comment on one monaco being made from a few, used for parts, etc. if this is the case with yours? wouldn't it still be a true heuer (except the hands), and not a frankenheuer? after all if you sent a current production watch in for an overhaul, and to have the crystal, bezel, crown, etc, etc. replaced, it would still be a valid piece. all that really needs to match is the case ref. # and the movement, correct? assuming all the parts were from that production period and of course that model. in other words, if hans at heuer built a autavia from scratch with all nos parts, that were correct to that model, wouldn't it be a nos autavia? nobody would call it a frankenheuer would they?

j.h.