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Re: One Caution:There are More Indy Dials than True Indy Wat

Jeff, I have never seen any Indy dials for sale, have you ? Would Heuer America have kept these additional dials ? Why would Heuer keep these on the shelf and not put into watches ?
Agree totally on the matching patina, interesting is that the print has some particular details.
Cheers

Arno

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: One thing to be aware of here: There are more Indy dials than
: true Indy watches, if you know what I mean. In other words,
: Heuer had the dials made up (let's say Number is X); Heuer then
: made up some watches produced for delivery to customers / Indy
: folks (let's say the number is .66X) . . . so now there are .33X
: dials remaining, still in the parts bin or on the shelf.
: Collectors paying the big bucks should be very cautious that
: their Indy dial was used in an actual watch, back in the 1960's
: . . . otherwise, you may be buying a rare dial, displayed in a
: common case, etc. We have seen this before, with a couple of
: Chrono-Matics.

: Personally, if I were buying one of these, I would want to see some
: (light) scratches and maybe a little dirt or grime, and then
: check serial number, to be sure that I was buying a complete
: Indy watch, not just the Indy dial!

: Jeff

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