Shaun

I believe there is a blue lume transitional 1133b that exists, as in the one from the early catalogue shot you refer to and i'd expect at some point to see a grey dial variation (or at least it would not surprise me to see one). Whilst i believe there may have been some libities taken in the art dept, i still think many of these "unknowns" will turn up sooner or later...or at least i hope they will, as that's part of the fun right?!

Rich

: It is a very cool watch - that's certainly the truth! I like the
: way the orange accents complement the orange(y) triangle on the
: bezel. It looks great.

: I don't know if we should set too much in store with the catalog,
: as sometimes the art department seemed to produce mock ups of
: watches that didn't exist in that exact configuration. My
: favourite "art department only" watch is the
: transitional monaco with the rectangular blue lume hands. Never
: seen one in the wild but it looks very cool on the catalog
: picture. I have to say I doubted the existence of two other
: catalog rarities (the MH/Tachy bezel nameless Calculator, and
: the boxing 5100 model). But in the end the community found
: examples of both these watches, so maybe the grey monaco
: transitional will turn up some day..... Going back to the 1163P,
: it's hard to conclude anything about the 1163P from the catalog
: except that Heuer planned to produce the model.

: Now for my opinion: being ultra picky, I'd say the bezel on your
: watch looks too new compared to the case wear. That in itself
: doesn't prove anything - the watch may have come with a decomp
: bezel and it may have been replaced by Heuer (or TAG Heuer) at a
: later date.

: BTW: There were certainly different alternatives of the bezel made
: - I've seen a deci bezel for the 1163 as a spare part but never
: on a watch. It would look good and bring something different to
: the classic autavia. Anyone got pics of a deci bezel on an 1163?

: Shaun