: Hello again guys...well, as some of you might remember I purchased
: a nice NOS 1533B Monaco at the November Patrizzi auction.
: OK...with NOS most people see a perfect watch in their
: thoughts...and this 1533B was just perfect, at least when you
: don't take the ruined dial into account. This 1533B dial
: suffered very much during it's lifetime from the well known
: issue with the oozing crystal gasket...

: So my biggest concern after I received the watch safely was to find
: an 1533B dial in NOS conditions...or at least a dial that comes
: very close to a NOS one. Quite a challenge as these 1533B dials
: seem to be extremely rare in this small world.

: Many thanks go out to the man who helped me with this.
: A well known, respected and longtime Heuer collector and
: connoisseur.

: The replacement NOS dial is 100% NOS in the way that it has never
: been mounted on a watch-movement...but it does show some vintage
: patina of light corrosion around the lume-dots at hour markers
: and it also has a small scratch at the centre. Well...I can live
: with it ;-)

: So what do you guys think of this "upgrade"

: Here are some before pics;
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: And now with the "NOS" dial;
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: Best regards from Belgium...
: Abel.