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Posted by: DC | 15 October 2009 | 5 Comments

Now here is something that you don’t see everyday-a

Heuer Monaco PVD

Vintage Heuer Monaco 73304 PVD- or at least parts of one. The dial looks to be correct for the model:

Unique hour markers, double markers at 12
Unique Orange hands
White date disc, black date
Slightly elevated “12″and “6″ on the left hand sub-dial and “0″ and “15″ on the right

Now the bad news:

The case has unfortunately been polished- was it a correct case with a no-grain finish, with the graining added later in the mistaken belief that this is what it should look like?
The owner claims that the movement is a Valjoux 7736, which wouldn’t be correct…but its not 100% clear that the owner realises what they have, and so they could be guessing

Interested?

The owner is looking for USD4200 and is based in Singapore.

I would say that if the watch had the 7740 movement, it would be a steal at this price. If it is a 7736, then you’re basically buying a dial.

Link is here: http://forums.watchnet.com/index.php?t=tree&goto=343725&rid=0

Good luck

UPDATE:

The owner tell me that the ref number on the case is 740303 and the serial 255***- such a shame its been polished

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www.heuerchronographs.com said:
Serial numbers of these are all in a certain range, there is a table onthedash showing these. Cheers Arno

# 15 October 2009 at 19:03

Craig Coughlin said:
Is the watch still available??

I live in China and could take a weekend trip and come pick it up??

Please advise…

Thanks

# 15 October 2009 at 20:45

admin (author) said:
HI Craig- Its not my watch and I don’t know the seller, so not sure. Basically, I came across it today and sent the owner an e-mail to find out a bit more before posting it here, OTD and Vetroplastica (all at the same time to be fair about things..)

I hope that it stays within the “family”

# 15 October 2009 at 21:04

admin (author) said:
Hi Arno- yes, looks like its in the right range. The big question is movement. As I said, the owner thinks its a 7736, but given the provenance of the dial and the case, I’d be quietly confident that it will turn out to the the correct movement.

Amazingly, it looks as though the owner tried to sell this back in 2007…but no-one was interested!!

Cheers

# 15 October 2009 at 21:06

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