Mark,
Thanks for such an in depth response. The seller says it's actually a blue dial, but the photos aren't great.

Stewart

: No, the hands are from an earlier watch. Even the earliest of these
: second generation manuals had the hands with the black line
: through them rather than these plain polished steel ones.

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: The crown is also incorrect and the tachy bezel is from a
: silver-dialled watch - this charcoal dial should have a
: contrasting white bezel. Hard to tell from the photos but the
: case may have lost some of the brushed finish too.

: Even the three reg manuals typically go at a discount compared to
: the automatics, so that will affect the price, as will the
: number of things required to put it right. You'd want to be
: looking at a fair chunk under £1000 really - I bought a
: gold-plated 3 reg manual (73655 CHT) for just over £500 last
: year, though that specific model does go for considerably less
: than steel ones. If you get a decent first generation Carrera
: for under £1k nowadays, you have a real bargain, but there are
: more second gen models under that mark - you can still find good
: barrel Carreras (third gen) under that too. Not NOS of course
: and not mint either (unless the vendor doesn't know at all what
: they have) but honest wearable watches.