Thanks Eric,
Very interesting and very much appreciate your input!
Best, George

: Hi George,

: My thoughts are that the first watch has a dial been refinished.
: The Heuer shield doesn't look right and the registers are
: uneven. Take a look at the printing on the minute register. See
: how much space is there between the edge of the register and the
: 10 minute mark versus the 20 minute mark? Very uneven.

: The second watch from Matt Bain has been for sale forever. It has
: been on that site since I would guess 2010 or 2011. I think the
: size and price are what has held people back, not the quality of
: the watch. I have had a chance to see the watch in person and
: really like it. My guess is that everything is original and
: correct on the watch. During the 1940s, the Heuer shields were
: sort of interchangeable - there were some watches produced with
: the squashed logo at the same time as the taller logo. My guess
: is that it depended on how busy the dial was. If you see watches
: with a lot of internal rings on the dial, they often have the
: squashed logo just so it could fit. Likewise, the squashed logo
: also seemed to be more common on military pieces or on black
: dial watches, like the one that Bain has. As such, I don't think
: the movement signatures and dial signatures needed to coincide.

: Just my two cents on all of this.

: Best regards,
: Eric Wind