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Agree with Mark; Sportier Look of Red Needles

I agree with Mark that this must have been a style decision . . . someone probably through that these red needles would be a nice sporty accent. Of course, we see a lot of red accents on the 1163 MH and the 1163 GMT.

Interesting that the pilots said, "please leave the needles black" and Heuer responded with the change back to black.

Jeff

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: Someone thought it was a good idea aesthetically. The customers
: clearly thought otherwise and they changed it back. Customer
: feedback in action!

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