So I recently pulled the trigger on this 1153s which I have admired for a very long time but I’m the past was never in the position to own such a watch I payed £3000 which I was told is about the right price for the watch???. As far as I’m aware the dial, tachy and second hands are all first gen parts??? It’s a 148xxx serial number and powered by a cal 11 so my question is would this be considered as a first gen? The minute and hour hands look to be from a later model as do the sub second hands but I’m not 100% sure as I’m not an expert. Any help would be greatly appreciated

kind regards

 

Are the reference and serial numbers visible between the lugs?

 

Looks like a second execution. These were issued with calibre 11 and 12. Dial and hands look decent but the lugs seem overpolished. Hard to see on these photos though.

 

Serial number is very low so my guess is this is a 1ste gen with a replaced hands set.

 

Yes, this is a first-execution 1153s with correct dial, tachy ring (tachy at 3) and the chrono hands - all match up with the early serial. The H/M hands were probably replaced later - a serial this early would not have been in the later transitional period. Not terribly uncommon and the hands are at least genuine Heuer IMO.
Case does look a bit polished from these angles, but overall I think it's quite nice

 

Thanks for all the input guys, the hunt now commences for a set of hands then....I imagine they are like trying to find rocking horse poop but I guess it’s all part of the fun right.

 

In the current market would £3000 be about right in terms of price? I have looked on Chrono24 and eBay but prices very so much it’s quite hard to tell

 

Depends on whether you like it or not.