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December 4th, 2024

Sotheby’s Heuer Champions Auction — I’m Selling These Seven

Sotheby’s is holding its “Heuer Champions” auction on December 6, 2024, in New York, with this auction comprised of 38 lots of vintage Heuer chronographs and other timepieces. In response to some questions regarding the watches that I have consigned to Sotheby’s for the Heuer Champions auction, this posting describes the seven lots that I

December 1st, 2024

Sotheby’s Heuer Champions Auction — 10 Heuers that Went to the Races

The Heuer brand was closely associated with motorsports in the 1960s and 70s. Many racers wore Heuer chronographs, the Heuer logo was prominent on Formula 1 and endurance racecars, racing teams and race organizers used Heuer timing equipment, and engraved Heuer chronographs were presented as top prizes at many races and rallies. Jack Heuer came

Sotheby’s Offering Five of the Heuer Grails — May 14, 2023

Back in May 2020, I published a posting, Vintage Heuer – Chasing the Grails, that offered a definition of the “grail watch”, at least for purposes of the community of vintage Heuer collectors. While any collector may have their own personal “grail” watches, I suggested that from the perspective of the community, a vintage Heuer

July 23rd, 2021

Auction Watch – First Half 2021 Highlights

Vintage Heuer chronographs were well-represented in auctions staged by the major auction houses during the first six months of 2021. In this posting, we’ll look at some highlights of these sales to take a measure of the market and to see what might lie ahead for the brand. Looking at the ebbs and flows of

TAG Heuer’s Carbon Monaco for Only Watch — Meet the New “Dark Lord”

Held every other year since 2005, the “Only Watch” charity auction is a celebration of the watch industry. Participating brands create one-off watches that are sold in the auction, with all proceeds going to an organization that conducts scientific and medical research into Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The previous eight auctions have raised over 70

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

October 27th, 2020

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

Vintage Heuer collectors are often frustrated with the major auction houses. We are accustomed to seeing Christie’s and Sotheby’s sprinkle a handful of vintage Heuer chronographs among the 250 watches that they will offer in an auction, and in many instances these Heuers appear to be “filler”. Often, they are common models that are readily

January 28th, 2020

Unique Autavia to be Sold in “Watch & Act” Auction (ending Jan 30 / 31)

On January 21, 2019, leading Australian watch blog, Time & Tide, announced its “Watch & Act” World Watch Auction, in aid of the Australian brush fire crisis. Watch brands and other industry players have created or donated special watches, with all auction proceeds going to Australian charities. There is an interesting range of watches included in

November 11th, 2018

Shame on Christie’s — Using Photoshop to Hide Damage to a Rare Heuer Skipper

On Monday, November 12, 2018, Christie’s will hold its sale of Rare Watches in Geneva. Included in this sale, as Lot 118, is a Heuer Skipper chronograph, Reference 7754. The watch is serial number 105645, and Christie’s provides an estimate of CHF 25,000 to CHF 45,000. The Reference 7754 is the first version of the Skipper

OnTheDash Guide to the Heuer 100

In September 2016, Crown & Caliber offered for sale a group of 100 vintage Heuer chronographs, in a sale called “The Heuer 100”. OnTheDash prepared a Guide to the Heuer 100, which was originally published by Crown & Caliber and is re-published below. We are re-publishing this Guide below and hope that it will offer

August 8th, 2017

Auction Watch — Fall 2016 Recap

November and December are always busy months for watch auctions, and in Fall 2016 the vintage Heuers were well represented in auctions conduced by Phillips, Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Watches of Knightsbridge. In this posting, we show the 45 Heuers that were offered in these auctions, together with their “final prices” (comprised of the hammer price

November 12th, 2016

Auction Watch — November 2016

Phillips, The Geneva Watch Auction FOUR, November 12 and 13, 2016 On November 12 and 13, 2016, Phillips held an auction of 196 watches, divided into two sessions. The first session, on November 12, included these four Heuer chronographs. Final prices shown below include the hammer price plus a 25% buyer’s premium; exchange rate at

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