Jeff

David writes:

Last year on E-bay there was a Blue herringbone pattern Heuer Silverstone for sale, a watch which the crew over at onthedash.com quickly identified as being a re-dial due to the lack of serif script on the word “Silverstone”.




This week there has been a discussion on the Italian Heuer forum Vetroplastica about the suspicious number of NOS Silverstone’s that are appearing on the market (See discussion here: http://www.vetroplastica.it/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6684&sid=ff0b16a6add82f9e642ad5b98f83c0c2>)




There is no doubt that there are a number of parts-bin specials that someone in Italy is putting together- typically, the case is 100% correct as are the sub-dial hands, but the hour and minute hands are never the same as the original Heuer items. Some of these examples also have a Heuer shield on the crown (which the original never did) and other details missing that point to these being assembled from spare parts.




However, before dismissing these as fakes, this example below is intriguing. Once again, the hands are not correct, but the dial looks to be either original, or a very high-quality re-dial. Unlike the example on E-bay last year, the Silverstone script is perfect.




So perhaps there are a couple of genuine Herringbone Lemania Silverstone’s out there- but buyer beware: there are also a great number of watches that are being made in a backyard somewhere.