Originally Posted by
sweets
The dial is a bit of a mystery.
The outer blue track with the 0-60 scale is not one I recall seeing.
And the 6s and 9s are pretty unique, being open. And the 2s are quite top heavy.
The only bit that is suspicious (i.e must, by definition, be dodgy, if you follow my logic above) is the Heuer name, the rest "could" be original.
The outer blue track certainly looks it, with good print, even outlines, and even some flakiness you might associate with age.
However, I have to say from the photos that are here, it is possible that all the white print has been re-done. It is pretty well done, if it is, and I am not sure the definition on the photos is good enough to be sure, but the line thickness and the ends (serifing on fonts and the end of the subdial indices) look a little indistinct.
Cliche manufacture for dials like this has been at an immensely high quality for decades on OEM dials. Re-prints less so, often with cliches derived from pictures, not orignal artwork, and therefore missing the features that make the print so crisp.
Again, I must say that this may be a feature of the photos, not the print. The bad mistakes (like extending sub-dial indices too short or long, mixed fonts and so forth) are not present at all.
One of the photos also makes the lume look quite high build (convex) rather than flat-topped, and slightly glossy. Both might be signs of re-luming, but again, definition is not complete enough.
Does the lume charge up when illuminated with a torch and glow, even for a short time?
Dave