: Hi,

: Thanks for your considered response.

: Just to clarify and without wishing to be controversial or start a
: war.

: Some years ago I collected various brands of ‘interesting’
: watches which included a number of Heuers. Now my main area of
: collecting is vintage Rolex and Tudor tool / sports watches.

: I bought this watch many years ago from an avid and knowledgeable
: Heuer collector, he assured me that it was totally correct in
: every respect.

: I’m just trying to understand why anyone would have faked this
: watch so many years ago, particularly in 18kt gold, when they
: were much less desirable than in todays market.

: Furthermore, this very watch is featured in the ‘On The Dash’
: website as a “B’ style example of 50’s and 60’s Heuer
: moonphase chronographs.

: I’m very surprised that Chuck Maddox (unfortunately now deceased)
: and the other authors of ‘On The Dash’ – the definitive
: online Heuer resource - would have featured this watch if it was
: not a genuine variant. Particularly as they were very vigilant
: where fakes and ‘frankens’ were concerned.

: I would add that I was fortunate to have a couple of conversations
: with Chuck to discuss a couple of my pieces and found him to be
: extremely helpful, friendly and very knowledgeable.

: My recent life within the vintage Rolex and Tudor collector
: community has revealed many instances of cries of ‘fake’
: which after time proved to be incorrect when other information
: came to light.

: I wonder whether, just because the great majority of Heuer
: ‘tri-compax’ style moonphase watches follow a specific
: design, you’re assuming that there were no other variations
: – however few in number.

: I would add that an extremely close, in hand examination of the
: dial of my watch with a x10 loupe shows no sign of ‘fakery’
: – everything looks like a factory print (unlike the 2nd
: example in your original post which looks to me like a very
: ‘average’ re-dial – not original at all).

: To my regret, I have sold quite a few vintage Heuers in recent
: years, including some lovely GMT’s and Sifferts and my Heuer
: collection is now quite limited – pic below.

1. There where no Heuer Tri-Compax with small subdials in this time range, all, the early Tri-Compax, the early triple calendar chronographs and the early triple cal. moonphases had 3 big subdials.
2. the movement numbers of the Valjoux 72 C begin all with 50xxxx
3. the movement numbers of the Valjoux 88 begin with begin all with 55xxxx, because they were made later than the Valjoux 72C

your watch cannot be original, because your movement number begin with 40xxxx, its too low and too early for a Valjoux 88, but you have 2 small sobdials as in the 1980th, maybe your watch is a 1980th re-edition, but not a 1950th chronograph