Putting aside the oddities of the auction, let me ask a couple of questions about the watch itself.
- Is it unusual to see a Cal 12 Modena? I seem to recall that most of the Modenas that we have seen have been Cal 15s.
- If the theory has been that Heuer started making "Modenas", and then changed the name to "Monza" around 1977, then this one has a really high serial number, at 393 660. We know that the serial numbers do get a bit jumbled, but 393xxx is far higher than most of the numbers that we see for 1977 (and the other Monzas). Could have been a mistake in the eBay listing? Any other explanation for this high SN?
Always good fun to piece together this information!!
Jeff
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: Quite right about both the pictures and the scope of the auction. I
: just don't see how anyone can take such subpar pics with today's
: cameras, and when I see auctions with images like these I
: automatically assume the seller is trying to hide some serious
: fault in the blur. Regarding single country/region auctions, I
: have seen many a piece go for knockdown prices because seller
: won't post outside his or her borders. If I were in Yurp, I
: would be spending a lot of my time driving around for
: pickups....
