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Re: One I wish they'd made...
In Response To: One I wish they'd made... ()

What is written under the Heuer symbol?
Just too small for me to make it out.

- Darren
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-: This 510.508 on the right:

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: Or, to be more accurate, one I wish they'd made a Carrera...
: after all, they did make them.

: But it uses a Carrera 1158 case, the Lemania 5100 movement that was
: used in a couple of Carreras - so why on earth didn't they use
: the name?!!

: I know, I know, you're all thinking "Well, Mark, it's a
: Carrera in all but name anyway so surely you're getting carried
: away and it would be no more desirable if it DID say Carrera on
: the dial?". Well...errr... I probably don't have a
: good answer to that if I'm honest, but the part of
: collecting that is rationality gets subsumed by the parts that
: are obsession and desire here in my case and I would want one
: more if it was a Carrera in name as well as spirit. And no, I
: won't appreciate someone sourcing one and writing Carrera on the
: dial for me!! ;)

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