Re: heuer 510.501 olive Posted By: Fabrizio Date: 12/11/07 09:33:16 GMT

In Response To: Re: heuer 510.501 olive (Duncan)

Hi Duncan, IMHO this olive 510.501-backed watch sounds at least unlikely.

Could be the owner had it re-PVD'ed in olive after the first PVD layer wore off. On the other hand you can find quite a good deal of "polished" 510.501's, as if they were 510.500's: such jobs are not that uncommon.

Or, perhaps simpler, it may just be the case that the back of the case (pardon the pun) has been substituted with the 510.501.

Cheers.

Fabrizio

Fabrizio's twin hypothesis could each well be quite possible and indeed be more likely than a mis-stamped case at the factory.

Occam's Razor states that the simplest explanation is the most probable. I'd think that it's possible the case back was substituted [either accidentally, or intentionally because of a shortage].

As for how to spot a re-PVDed watch... Well, any uneven-ness would be a tipoff, if some spots which should be solid PVD aren't [like between the lugs, around the crown and pushers] or variations in color [between the crown, case and pushers could indicate non-originality.

Hope this helps!

-- Chuck

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