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Vintage Heuer Discussion Forum
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: The coolest thing to me is the light mint green of the lume on the
: dial. The od green of the case and dial, the orange of the
: chrono hands and the green lume make for a somewhat eye popping
: combo in person. It’s the first watch of mine that my neighbor
: has ever noticed and a couple of people at work have noticed as
: well, which rarely happens.
The hand layout and that mint lume are very distinctive of the Lemania 5100 Heuers (by and large, some used a different lume arrangement or hour markers). Lots going on with the dial, but by some alchemy it remains very readable!
The Carreras use the minty lume too:
Definitely watches to get a few looks and yours in drab looks really nice too (luckily not living up to its name!).
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