This chronomatic 1572xx has come via the original family. Living in Austria for most of its life and passed on to his grandson some 10 years ago. At this point apart from going for a service it was not worn again, due to it not being a style he favoured and its lack of durability, re waterproofness etc...Recently after doing some research the owner found it was a rare piece and to his surprise worth quite some amount! It then made the quick trip via DHL from Austria to the UK!

The interesting thing about this one is that like some other very early 157xxx serials it has no Tool No 033 marking on the back case and i seem to remember this being a topic for discussion before and that the conclusion being the VERY early 1571xx and 157xxx may not having Tool markings (even more of a prototype) Perhaps they soon realised that due to it requiring a different method of opening they needed to "highlight" this further before too many were hacked into! Have you some thoughts on this Jeff...?

The dial has started it's degradation but not to the extent that the other 1572xx serials have from memory. Again the white paint "badging" has remained as originally intended but with some brass shwoig through in a very pleasing pattern to the eye! All lume plots fully intact, again unusual for these pieces and seeing as the original seal melted this was very lucky!

It's a little peice of history :-)

Cheers

Rich
www.heuermonaco.co.uk