: OK Guys,

: Now that I have ended the auction early because
: I have a few offers I can finaly speak out
: without any conflict of interests. The dial
: is totally original AND vintage. When the
: watch was serviced by LVMH I asked exactly
: the same question about the minute markers
: and the colour of the dial (a more electric
: blue than the "classic" Steve
: McQueen model). The reply from LVMH Geneve
: (and this was by phone!) was that the dial
: is the final batch of dials that were used
: on the Monaco before it ceased production in
: around 1978 to 1979. It seems the last batch
: of dials were different because they were
: supplied by a different dial maker, hence,
: the longer minute markers.

: From a common sense point of view, if it were a
: redial or even a fake dial, this would be a
: pretty poor fake since the
: "pointers" that you all noticed
: are pretty obvious to pick up. In addition,
: LVMH would not service a watch with a fake
: dial. A fake dial may slip by the LVMH
: service centre in Hong Kong but I very much
: doubt this would slip by Geneve once the
: watch was sent there - which is what
: happened. The other pointers of fake or
: redials on Monacos hat have been discussed
: many times on this forum such as the closed
: "4" are all on this dial.

: Last but not least, some very distinquished
: members of this forum (who shall remain
: nameless since I do not want to be seen as
: trading-off on another's good name) placed
: bids on this watch when the action took
: place which hopefully speaks for the
: authenticity of the dial to some extent.

: I hope this clears up some of the points
: discussed on this thread.

: By the way, while we are the topic, one of the
: Off-ebay offers I got is from a guy based in
: France called Michael Carbon who has one
: negative feedback for not paying for a Heuer
: Monaco. Anyone on this forum dealt with him
: before or was the one who left the negative
: feedback? It would be great if you could
: email me if you have any information. I am
: getting highly suspicious about his
: so-called offer since he has replied to my
: emails using at least two aliases as far as
: I can tell.
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I know I have seen the darn dial diff. Back in the day. Did not like it then ether.
Got me into trouble once. But its what thay ( Heuer) sent me ore than once.