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Heuer timepieces.

March 4th, 2021

A Noteworthy Watch — Abercrombie & Fitch Seafarer, Ref 2446 (Screw-Back Case), to be Sold by Sotheby’s

In our May 2020 posting, Vintage Heuer – Chasing the Grails, we covered 16 watches that would be considered grails among vintage Heuer collectors. Our working definition of a “grail” watch had three parts. First, the model must be extremely rare. For most of the 16 watches that we included, the diligent collector would do well to see one or two watches offered per year.

February 23rd, 2021

The Carrera Dato is Back — HODINKEE x TAG Heuer LE

August 2009, and I was feeling pretty good about my website, OnTheDash.com. We had been up and running for six years, traffic was strong and even though the word “influencer” was not yet part of the vocabulary, in the little corner of the internet occupied by vintage Heuer enthusiasts, OnTheDash definitely had some influence. I had spotted a new blog called “Hodinkee”,

February 16th, 2021

The Skipper Reader — An Overview of the Skipper, a Bibliography and Some Skipperreras

Heuer introduced the Skipper chronograph in 1968 and offered a total of nine models and executions until it was discontinued in 1983. In 2017 and 2018, TAG Heuer offered two limited edition chronographs that were inspired by the Skipper, in collaborations with Hodinkee and Revolution / The Rake. In this posting, we present this very brief history of the Heuer Skipper chronograph,

Heuer Dash-Mounted Timers — Overview of the Auto-Rallye

Auction Watch – Monaco Legend Group Selling 24 Heuer Chronographs, October 31, 2020

Fragment Design Heuer 02 Chronograph (“Formula 1”) — Photo Album

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February 16th, 2021

Don Nunley (1939 to 2021) — The Master of McQueen’s Monacos

Wikipedia tells us that the “property master” of a film, television or theatrical production is responsible for purchasing, acquiring, properly placing, and / or overseeing any props needed for a production. The property master is one of the first to arrive, using the pre-production period to determine which props will be needed and how they will be acquired,

December 13th, 2020

$2,208,000 and Worth Every Penny of It! Today’s Record Price for a Heuer Chronograph

On Saturday, December 12, 2020, this Heuer Monaco chronograph, worn by Steve McQueen in the filming of Le Mans, was sold for $2,208,000, a record for any Heuer or TAG Heuer chronograph. In this posting, we will consider some of the factors that contributed to this extraordinary result.

Background

Phillips held its “Racing Pulse” auction on Saturday,

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