I'll keep a look out for a face then. :)

If the earliest examples are 147 and mine is a 150 - approx how many watches were made in between?

What is the reason for 150 as a batch then the XXX being the actual watch?

:)

M

: That's right but it's not been seen as it's not correct for
: the model - tritium had been dropped from the first generation
: Carrera at this point and wasn't used on second generation
: watches; the "Chronomatic" dialled watches of Carrera,
: Autavia and Monaco, which are the earliest batch, all just say
: "Swiss". I don't know what they were using for
: reference either, because the first gen Carreras with one
: exception all just say "Swiss" too, with a T over the
: top if they use tritium. The exception is the Carrera 12 Dato,
: which for some reason does say "Swiss Made" rather
: than just Swiss but in that case the T is over the 12-hour
: register:

:
:

: Yes, it's well done but there are a few telltales of
: refinishing - "A"s have pointed rather than flattened
: tops, Heuer shield is a fraction too narrow, the "C"
: and "A" of Carrera should be marginally bigger. None
: of these are visible to anything but a studied expert glance
: though, the first thing I noticed was the Swiss made
: text.

: Yep, a serial of 150xxx is about where I'd expect this to be,
: which does indeed make it a 69/70 watch. The earliest 1153s are
: 147xxx, typically with the Chronomatic dial.