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So Now Let's Ask the Tough Question: What are They Worth ? ? ?

So now let's ask another question: whether they are service dials and hands used by Heuer, or something that a refinisher put together working in his basement, maybe our readers will want to suggest a "Fair Market Value" for these watches? [I show two of the samples below, so that we know exactly what we are discussing.] For "Fair Market Value" we can use the description in Wikipedia, as follows:
    Fair market value (FMV) is an estimate of the market value of a property, based on what a knowledgeable, willing, and unpressured buyer would probably pay to a knowledgeable, willing, and unpressured seller in the real estate market. An estimate of fair market value may be founded either on precedent or extrapolation. Fair market value differs from the intrinsic value that an individual may place on the same asset based on their own preferences and circumstances.

Rich suggests that a mint sample of the "real" 73633B should sell in the range of $6,000 (approximately mid-way between dealer price and private sale price) . . . so what are these questionable samples worth?

Jeff



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: Hi all,
: Interesting discussion about these fake, re-issue and other dials.
: Where does quality ends and where do we accept a lower finishing
: as ok? I don't want to judge a company, but anyway the quality
: of the Heuer dials varies. This just means that the acceptance
: process wasn't a fixed process, but the (no) go decision was
: made/based on a personal feeling.
: It'possible that the dials as seen in the examples of Jeff are slip
: offs, used while servicing or replacing an old sticky dial. On
: what do I base my opinion :
: - no large quantities are known
: - variety in dials - different service points ?
: - cases are often original
: - these dials are often seen while using service hands
: Best regards from Belgium,

: Gianni

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