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What Is It? [Strange One Offered on EBay]

here is an "interesting" one now offered on ebay, item number 330346844606.

You will notice that it looks very similar to the super rare Abercrombie & Fitch Autograph, shown below, except that (a) the paint and fonts on the dial are much simpler / more crude, (b) the ebay watch is not an Autograph and is missing the Autograph's distinctive third main hand, and (c) the hands are too long.

So what is the ebay chrono? My best guess: marriage of refinished Autograph dial (upgraded to become a "Heuer" dial) and Valjoux 72 movement (from a Heuer chronograph).

Have any other readers ever seen such a Heuer? Any better explanations of what this ebay offering might be?

Jeff


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