: It has been serviced - do the hands have to be
: taken of for that?

If service includes a professional cleaning as usual : Yes they have. Even in the case of a simple cleaning, the dial and the chrono plate/modul has to be removed. This only works. having previously taken off all hands. What would happen, if someone would drop your movement with installed dial and hands into the cleaning machine ? Don't even think about the result...

: Here some small impressions from the watchmaker
: - is it a transitional model?

Maybe, maybe a marriage, very difficult question, and as we know, there's no possibility to check it by the case numbers. It's Heuer, not Omega.

The photos show a fantastic watch, enjoy it.

Cheers

Martin