Ron

Its only important info it is correct...do you really believe these dials came before manual wind blue/white and grey 73633 variants? The idea that at the height of their powers Heuer let such poor dials into the market is for me a total no no. As Mark says i would not spend money on this dial - infact i gave away one of these dials - if anyone chooses to they should do so knowing the potential issues.

I think i have reached the end of the road on this one, but more power to you for continuing.

Best

Rich

: Hi Mark,

: Thanks for the input.In one of the links that you added to your
: first reaction , there's one of particular interest ( see below)
: I refer to the one by Mr Morley. His' has a link which refers to
: a watch owned by a Mr Wong from Singapore. This Ebay sale
: includes 7 photos. The last one shows a letter which Mr Wong
: received in 2007 from TAG Heuer. In that letter the Blue Monaco
: has been particularly dated as the version which came before the
: blue white and the grey manual version. This is important
: information. Not only is the authenticity confirmed anew,
: there's also information now when it should be dated. This story
: could be checked by comparing case numners of Blue versions and
: later Blue White and Grey version. Unfortunately I have none of
: those.I do have the serial number of the Blue version that I
: have owned and will post it later

: I truely agree to your and Rich' dial analyses. However do not
: exclude the option that for the blue version a new supplier was
: invited,who, just did a lousy job as far as the printing of the
: dial is concerned. This may also be the reason that we have seen
: so few. Can't be more than 10-20 that I saw.Maybe only one batch
: of dials was ordered in total from that supplier after which the
: project was closed. This wouldn't surprise me at all after all
: the stories by Mr Bishop (?) from Heuer UK, who sat next to me
: during the Bonham dinner.Talked to him for about 2 hrs. Lots of
: improvisation took place in those days when certain parts were
: lacking and delivery pressure was high. Mr Bishop even said that
: that may have contributed to the wide variation of different
: types, hands, bezels in watches with the same type number. Good
: for us collectors!

: All in all I believe its is a genuine Heuer however not a type of
: which they were very proud in hindside.

: Here's the link to Mr. Wongs Ebay auction, The letter is clear
: enough to read.

:
: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110644627072&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

: Ron