In general, we are all baffled by the questions of quantity produced / production runs / etc. How many 1133B Monacos were produced, in Chronomatic / Transitional / Standard variations? How many 1158 Carreras? How many Mareographes in 2444 cases? We all guess at the original production; what matters now is how many we find in a given week, month or year.

Notwithstanding this general uncertainty about production volumes, I am fairly confident that every Heuer imported into France between 1963 and 1968 could not have had the "Fab. Suisse" marking. Right? I mean, if that were the case, we should see these fairly frequently . . . but we don't . . . do we?

Jeff

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: Only one of which is marking the dials with "Fab. Suisse"
: perhaps? It certainly seems to be the minority that have that
: text.

: And I think that is how the auctioneers arrive at a premium too,
: you simply pay more for scarcity. The same as you would for a
: Sea Dweller with two lines of red text. Not that I personally
: think this marking is worth extra on a Heuer, not to a
: non-French collector at least.

: To an extent, that is decided by the community. I wouldn't pay
: extra for a dial with one of the retailer marks for instance; in
: fact I'd look to pay less, despite the dial thus marked clearly
: being rarer than the standard dial. Would anyone pay extra for a
: caseback with Cuanillon markings? Interesting to know which
: market the watch was for originally yes, but not worth more.