Ron

Yes i know about these letters but i'm afraid in my opinion we cannot rely upon Tag Heuer to be totally correct about all vintage watches, they tend to authenticate watches that have some "original" Heuer parts, i have seen other redials also authenticated, this for me is not proof....rather that they mostly authenticate what they might end up servicing.

I have owned one of these for the parts before and studied the dial closely and there is nothing about it that relates to a Heuer original watch when you look closely at the details and my opinion is that it is not an authentic original Heuer Monaco but one that was "made up" from left over unstamped Piquerez cases in the late 70s and early 80s, and the "poor mans" Diarex and Edox dials of the same look.

Of course the world is full of opinions and this is only mine, always best to make you're own mind up of course.

Cheers

Rich
www.heuermonaco.co.uk

: Hi Cookie, Mark, Richard,

: regarding this subject please let me quote from an email that I
: received from Severine Guenat at TAG Heuer Chaux de Fonds, dated
: June 11th 2004. It was her answer after I sent a photo of an
: identical version asking for identification. By the way, this
: watch -which I sold in 2006- can be found back on the OTD
: Gallery.

: Here's the answer which I received:

: Dear Ron,

: I have just discussed with our senior watchmaker who confirmed that
: the dial fitted on your Monaco caliber 7736 is original. We have
: effectively produced ( mid 70) this model with a dial on which
: the markers are printed. We would like to take this opportunity
: to inform you that due to the age of this timepiece, some parts
: such as dial, hands are definitely out of stock.

: Best regards
: Severine

: The watchmaker involved was Mr Rousseau who has retired since but
: was present during the first Heuer Meeting in Chaux de Fonds in
: 2008.
: My assumption is that this watch was made at the end of the Monaco
: lifetime, trying to bring a cheaper version in the market and
: see what would happen with sales.

: Hope this makes you happy Cooky. I can send a copy of the email to
: you directly should you ever need it. I have it in hard copy
: here.

: Cheers

: Ron