It comes down to personal choice which is the beauty of collecting. Have held all grey variants now but of course i may change my mind in the future!

Still one rare guy missing for me of course ;-)

: Richard,

: those Monacos are really superb. Amazing trio, every one of them a
: classic.
: The only thing I disagree with is your preference for the painted
: subdial 1133G.

: I think the early recessed subdial 1133G is my favourite Monaco. I
: know it is heresy to choose it as the favourite monaco, but it
: is just the most beautiful and subtle dial Heuer (or let's say
: singer?) made. My ultimate* grail is the 1133G with blue lume
: rectangular hands shown on the cover of the 1970 catalog - has
: anyone seen one of these in the metal?

: Here is a poor photo of my one. The photo does not capture the
: elegance and subtlety of the dial - you should search on the
: forum for some photos posted by Mr Devos (I think, maybe also
: Abel) that cpatue better this amazing dial.

:

: * OK the true ultimate grail watch is armstrong's speedie.., this
: is a (slightly) more realistic grail