Stewart:

It's great to see you back on the Discussion Board, and the information on the short-handed Monacos is interesting.

Checking you photo files, what do you see in terms of the applied markers -- polished or textured?? What about luminious dots on the dials -- always there / sometimes??

Thanks for the info; congratulations on your marraige.

Jeff

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: Hi all

: Seasons greetings to all with a few weeks until
: Christmas.

: It's a long time between posts for me: been on
: holiday, got married, moved into a new
: house......

: I'm compelled to add my thoughts on this topic,
: if I may.

: Over the years I've seen a number of these
: Valjoux 7736 Monacos that have the shorter
: hands. I checked my picture files and I've
: collected pics of about 12 different 3 reg
: Monacos with these hands.

: Sure the "larger" Autavia/early
: Monaco hands appear on a few of these, but
: the majority of the 3 register Monacos in my
: files have the "smaller" hands.

: These may have been market specific or
: production batch specific or a combination
: of both e.g. a production run was made using
: these hands and the entire batch delivered
: to one market. Maybe.

: Nonetheless, it would appear that they are
: potentially correct and unique to the 3 reg
: Monacos by virtue of the sheer numbers of
: them I have seen and recorded.

: I have noted too that the fonts and the text
: weight in the Heuer shield and the
: "Monaco" type seen to have also
: evolved over the model life of the Monaco.

: In summary, it would not put me off buying a
: particular Monaco if it had these hands.

: Cheers

: Stewart.