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replay to Jeff and Stewart
In Response To: Tough question Jeff ()

I forget to tell an important things:
all these "kits" where on a big box, all together, complete without hands. 4 different kind of dial: every watch got his dial ON, with caseback closed, ready for mounting.
Correct hands, in my opinion, are 2446 last GMT.
Some people put them together whith the hands that found...

The seller who bought the full lot of watches is from Tamelan (Swiss), but I don't know if I can tell the name. What I can say is that a lot of vintage watch dealer buy watch and parts from him because he bought a lot of stoks from the company.
My watch (got original bridge) was bought there in 1987-1988 (my friend don't remember well) and he got 4 different dial.
Case got reference and serials ORIGINAL: I can post the picture in the afternoon.

There are a LOT of Heuer watch put together from collectors (for example... 3446 tachy dial Autavia...): all them have no collectible value?
Well! Please send me your pictures because I'm interessed to buy them...
Many people "put together" 1563 tropical dial... we all know... but none think it has no collectible value.

PS
Stewart, Jeff: I'm interessed to know your opinion on my Silverstone Lemania dial comparison... ;-)

: You could argue for a high and low valuation..

: Lets start with 'parts' value.. if these have a signed Movement (I
: don't know if they do), then a Heuer dial would make it worth
: market value. Lets say £2-2.5k ish ?

: If proved to be genuine, then a mil collector may pay more.. a
: Heuer collector less, as we don't know where they were built.

: I have a gut feeling, that if genuine, and the story is true, then
: these fall into a military and a 'rare curio' camp.. and could
: be very valuable.
: Some may argue that they have a low value.. but it's down to the
: individual.

: Either way, I look at it this way (if true) - it's a cool looking
: watch, with an interesting story.. it's NOS, has Heuer
: connections, has mil connections, is rare..
: runs a v72, is unusual as it has a gmt dial.. all this adds up to a
: cool watch. (if gen)

: I just can't see why someone would go to the trouble of making
: these if they weren't genuine - it doesn't add up.
: Far easier to attempt to fake a known Heuer-mil connection, like
: IDF etc.

: PS. Bullitt, is the movement signed?

: Stewart
: - Heuerville

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