I am usually very hesistant to post "unusual" stuff in any forum with an audience "who has seen it all" but a trusted friend mentioned it is different enough to post.

So here are a few pics of a Cal 14 from a late 1163gmt. It is different from the usual cal 14 in that:
1) it is rhodium plated and not brass
2) the 14 is stamped-over like a converted cal 11i
3) it has an "i" stamped on movement but no special markings on the case

Case serial is 247xxx which from jeff's reference table is the viceroy series but the case is stamped 1163 with no V. Dials n hands look normal to me nothing remarkable i see. Case back has some numbers which is absent from my other watches.

Has anyone come across or have a similar configuration? My guess is heuer had supply issues (what i gather from Jack heuers biography) and just took from cal11 parts bin and converted to a cal14 to meet production quotas. I think (and hope) it was not a random watchmaker/frankener/prankener that did this as the stamped 14 and i looks very similar in quality to cal11i, in any case to my non expert eyes

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