hello, you are right on this matter as if anybody know's it is you Arno. that's why i admire the thing's you write about and read your post to learn more everyday and i thank you. it was just IMO again, and the guy probably got a grate watch. i am happy for him but we all are different MEN. PS: i want to buy your book .so i can learn even more about HEUER's that i really like @ this time send paypal invoice.
Timothy A
Pa, 19125
I need A Blue Vintage Monaco !

: Just a few IMO thoughts were I am coming from with the 1163 MH:
: The 1163 MH was introduced parallely to the 1163 T Siffert, to date
: we know four Chronomatic Sifferts but only one Chronomatic Derek
: Bell as we call the black dialed 1163 MH.
: After the introduction of the Viceroy (had Tachy bezel instead of
: Minutes and Hours) which had the same dial design than the MH,
: however was offered for 1/3 of the price, therefore sales in the
: big US market shifted towards the Viceroy.Most of the cases
: therefore produced in the 72/73 timeframe were marked 1163 V and
: also used for Sifferts.
: However the MH disappeared unloved out of the catalogs as eraly as
: 71 and 72 there was already one shown with red minute sub
: register marks which could have been the start for the orange
: boy, hence offical production time was less than two years for
: the 1163 MH and she never shall return. The Viceroy came back in
: the 1977 catalog as reference 1163 V NT ( V for Viceroy, N for
: noir black and T for Tachy).The MH bezels are sold out at Tag
: Heuer hence a reconversion is not possible in bigger numbers.
: Finally one could say the 1163 MH is a rare one and there was
: even a second great racer wearing the beauty...
: Cheers
: Arno
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