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Humor Me, Just for a Minute or Two . . .

Are there any among us who believe, even for a minute, that the types of dial shown below were ever used by Heuer in factory-produced Monacos?

Characteristics of these 73633Bs are (a) waffle applied markers, (b) poor quality on the "Monaco" and the "Heuer" logo, (c) open "4"s on the hour and running second registers, (d) short hands, sometimes too thin, (e) blotchy printing on the regsiters, (f) messy lume dots or no dots at all, and (g) no "Tool 033" or "Heuer" logo on the case-back.

If you believe that these dials are genuine, used by Heuer in these Monacos, please say so. No need to prove your case, but give us some support if you are so inclined.

OK, so if you believe that they were not produced by Heuer in this execution, please tell us where you think they came from? What country / what era? Does it affect your thinking if someone were to report that the gasket on one of these seems very old, and has turned to the customary well-aged goop? Might they be service dials? Might they have been poor-quality dials that were rejected by Heuer, but then used by someone else.

In simplest terms, my question is where do we think these dials came from?

Thanks for any ideas.

Jeff

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