Heuer Camaro Exotic assessment help

Good day fellow enthusiasts

I am considering buying this gorgeous Heuer Camaro 7220 T with an exotic dial.



It looks in my opinion stunning. The serial number is in the correct range for a third series 7220 T exotic. To my eyes the case is perfect and the dial has taken a gorgeous "Limoncello" shade. 🥰 movement looks ok to me also (v72)

What strikes me as odd is the orange seconds counter and the subdial hands. All the other exotic dialed Camaros I've seen have a distinctive shape to the seconds counter , see below

Photocredit: @bazamu /bazamu.com

Additionally the subdial counters are thicker and stubby and more chunky than on the one I am considering.

I am wondering wether someone just took a regular S,T or N seconds counter and painted it orange at aome point in the life of this watch and changed the subdial hands too.

Maybe all the tobacco and cigar smoke that patinated the dial beautifully didn't work as well on the original hands?

Thoughts?

Thanks,

I am actually wondering also if the hour and minute hands might be replaced as well. The lume well is much shorter and similar to the regular black dial Camaros (2nd exec).

Most logically they changed the whole hand set and painted the chrono hand orange at some point. You can see were the paint has chipped off at the thick end.

If we can get the price right I might still go for it. That Limoncello shade speaks to me 🥰. Maybe one day I can find the correct hands for it (not likely though😟).

Hmm, might be. A more unnerving option than mere hands replacement. Case serial though fits with OTD's serial range for these.

I am leaning strongly now on "Leave it be, walk away".

here is mine for reference

And mine…

Ok. Wau. Now you guys are just rubbing salt on my wounds.

I like the dial patina and with the correct hand set I would have bought that probably

But seriously, gorgeous watches. Thanks for sharing 👍

Hi-did you go for this in the end? I agree the handset is wrong but the serial number is spot on for the model type-so I believe it to be correct otherwise. 👍
Thanks, Steve

Hi Steve,

No I didn't go for this in the end. There were several interested parties apparently and very little negotiating room on the price.

It is a gorgeous piece but the totally wrong hand-set would have bugged me waaaay too much with that asking price, so I passed.