: The dial is certainly refinished to my eyes. It is pretty obvious
: even from the low res pictures.

: However, for me that is not the issue. I seriously considered
: buying this one as I have access to a 1950's v72 dial which
: would match the hands on the watch. I thought this is obviously
: a redial, so people will avoid, and I could get it cheaply and
: match up with the replacement dial.

: But then I did a bit of research into the case. The problem for me
: was that the hand style was from the 1950s Heuers. But the case
: had rectangular pushers, which I had not seen before on a 1950's
: watch, other than on the triple date or moonphase style watches.
: I checked through the Heuer catalogs from the 1950/1960s and
: couldn't find any watch at all of this style with rectangular
: pushers. The only watches I could see with this style of case
: were in the 1940's catalogs.

: I hate it when people say that just because a watch is not in a
: catalog it is a fake, we all have seen many weird and wonderful
: combinations of hands and dials that came out of the Heuer
: production line but were not in the catalog.

: HOWEVER, we also have to be reasonable, and totally random cross
: era combinations did not come out of Heuer (eg: a 2446 era dial
: in a 1970's 11630 style case). So my conclusion is that the
: watch was not from the 1950's/early 1960's era that I had a dial
: for an so I did not buy it.

: In terms of authenticity I would say this:
: - it is not from the 1940s era as the hands style is from a later
: period
: - it is not from the late 1950s/early 1960s as the case is from an
: earlier period.

: The the question is: is there a lost generation of hybrid Heuers
: which were made in the early 1950's not covered by the catalogs
: on onthedash? I don't know. But if they exist, why have we never
: seen these hybrid 40s/60s models? Certainly the 1940s models and
: late 1950s models are pretty common.

: So that was the conclusion of my research on this watch. I did not
: bid.

: regards
: Shaun