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Vintage Heuer Discussion Forum
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a Calibre 11 in a 11630GMT seems very strange...I've always seen them with Calibre 14. If this was an 1163 the calibre 11 would have been fine minus the dial/hands/bezel configuration...
A possible theory if this is an early 11630 GMT, perhaps Heuer had some extra calibre 11s that needed to be exhausted...
Another is perhaps it had a service and it needed a new movement and if it was done by Heuer...and they didn't have any Calibre 14s left but had a reserve of Calibre 11s...they ended up replacing it.
Another theory and possibly my last...it could be put-together they failed to consider the movement would be the flag for people who are used to seeing them with Calibre 14s.
Hope others can shed more info.
Cheers,
~George
: Hi gents,
: If you dont mind I would like to revisit a Heuer from the Watches
: of Knightsbridge auction in March.
: Here is the link to the watch, it is a "nos" Heuer gmt.
: I am quite curious to hear opinions because after spending a
: considerable amount of time on otd. I dont think this watch
: should exist.
: Without going into iterations of dials movements etc, the dial,
: case, movement, hands combination and the serial number dont add
: up. Normally speaking i would write it off as a franken, but i
: have seen and handled the watch and it really is (almost) nos.
: Has anybody ever seem a similar watch?
: Look forward to your thoughts, input, observations and theories.
: Thanks.
: Kind regards,
: Karel
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