Thank you, Eric Wind and Jeff Stein, for your astute and thought-provoking comments. Although I’m quite certain that my father received this watch brand new, I can certainly give credence to the proposition that John Bond may have had the watch modified -- presumably to enhance its uniqueness -- by a Heuer service center, branch, or distributor prior to presenting it to my dad. Even though it was over 50 years ago when he received the watch as a parting gift when he left Road & Track magazine, I can still remember how delighted and proud he was to have received and worn it.

I can also recall the thrill when, as an early teenager, I would accompany my dad on road tests where I would be his “co-pilot,” and he’d drive various exotic sports cars from our home in Pasadena, California, up the Old Coast Highway to Santa Barbara or otherwise put them through their paces over the Angeles Crest Highway from La Canada to Palmdale, where he’d routinely have me use his Heuer’s tachymeter dial to check the vehicles’ speedometer accuracy between milepost markers along the way. Even though I’ve decided to part with the watch, I’ll always cherish these memories with my father.

Again, thank you for your honest and incisive feedback.