Fantastic find!! Amazingly enough, today I am wearing the Monaco with the immediately preceding serial number -- 157200.

Can this be the first time in the hisory of our little online community that we have found consecutive serial numbers?

Mine came to me from Ohio . . . so perhaps this "batch" came through North America. We will need to compare stories . . . mine was in an abandoned safe deposit box, sold by the sheriff under legal process, to the gentleman who sold it to me.

Stunning to find consecutive serial numbers, 44 years later!!

Jeff

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: On the recently discussed topic of topicality/patina, one of my
: latest additions to add to the party...

: This one came via Mexico and is now the fourth Chronomatic Monaco
: (157189, 200, 201, 213) without a back case toolno33
: marking. I think there is a strong likelihood that such watches
: were the batch produced pre-production and pre March 1969 launch
: and which were then sold after the event. I also suspect that
: initially Heuer had not bargained for watchmakers being
: nonplussed about how to open the watch, i guess that was what
: led to the tool stamp coming in shortly after...

: Although the picture doesn't show it (i need to wait for some much
: needed UK sun first!) this heavily patina'd back to brass dial
: has a tendency to shine brightly when it catches the sun. It's
: certainly the perfect "beater" Chronomatic, fear of
: future degrading is not on the agenda!

: Cheers
: Rich