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Looks alright to me, too
In Response To: Looks alright to me ()

For an early (Ed. Heuer signed) 3747 I think the missing T is alright.

Mark's explanation regarding the SWISS sounds reasonable. It's very hard to see from this picture, but what appears to be an offset SWISS could actually be an offset 6 o'clock marker. I am not sure if this marker aligns well with the chrono second hand in "zero" position and the 12 o'clock marker.

As for the missing inner 1/5 second ring: These are available here, for example:

http://www.swisswatches-andmore.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=250

(I have no connection with the shop)

Enjoy this nice Carrera!

Robert

: The tritium marking on the dial wasn't mandated everywhere when the
: Carrera was born, so that's no problem. Hands, dial and movement
: are all ok.

: The offset "SWISS" is odd, but not the end of the world.
: Could be a spacer block was missed when assembling the cliché
: to print the dial or the wrongly justified "Swiss"
: block was used, but from the small photo it does look like it
: was done at the original printing.

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