Jeff

Im saying its not all black and white, there is some grey...

2nd tier to me is a Monaco with unmarked dial, unpolished perfect case, correct hands with matching lume to dial which is aged and with patina - which is not the case with the pic Dave D posted obviously.

I agree re true nos however i would happily buy a put together watch as would 95% of buyers should it meet my requirements. Not everyone has been as lucky as early adopters to amass a collection in the years when supply was better so sometimes needs must.

Im certainly not letting anyone off the hook and agree disclosure is preferable however i think that may be a pipe dream to enforce, which is why education is useful, which is where our sites come in...

Rich

www.heuermonaco.co.uk

: This "second tier" in the NOS category, is still

: baffling to me. I would like to see it defined, and then maybe
: we can consider some hypotheticals.

: For example, several months ago, we saw some NOS Silverstone dials,
: bezels and cases sold on ebay, as sets. If our friendly dealer /
: watchmaker finds some non-NOS movements, and some service (or
: original) hands, and makes up a couple of these nice red or blue
: Silverstones, what are they worth (say, compared to a "true
: NOS" Silverstone, which was fully made by Heuer, back in
: 1975)?

: If the true NOS Silverstone might be worth $5,000 to $6,000, how do
: you value the recently-assembled NOS Silverstone? At a 5%
: discount / 30% discount? When it comes time to sell one of
: these, can we expect the seller to describe it properly?
: In our collective experience, how many of these have we
: ever seen described, as such? I believe that you are
: giving sellers the benefit of the doubt, where we have not seen
: much in the way of full disclosure.

: Jeff

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