: A very strong price (6250 GBP or 9604 USD) for that watch! The case
: appeared unpolished, but I didn't expect that price. The lume
: dots look too big and may have been redone. Just look at the
: lume plots at 3 o'clock and 6 o'clock and compare to others from
: that generation to see what I mean.
: Best regards, Eric Wind

Whew. Really a very strong price, considering the partly missing stripe on the minute hand (the hour hand is hidden on every photo, why?) an the strange looking second-subdial with a darker area towards the center.

Do you remember the nice 2447 NS for sale on Chronotrader in January?

http://www.chronocentric.com/forums/chronotrader/index.cgi?page=1;md=read;id=37722

It was advertised "in the ranges of the Vintage Heuer Price Guide", which would mean something around 6-7000 USD, I guess. Less than two weeks later a similar watch (or most probably exactly the same: have a look at the dark 3 o'clock lume dot) appeared at Analog Shift, for 10.5K.

http://www.chronocentric.com/forums/heuer/index.cgi?page=2;md=read;id=75116

I am under the impression that my beloved Carreras will become unobtainable for an average wage earner like me in the near future.

Robert