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February 5th, 2024

Retrospective — The “First Generation” Glassbox Carrera Chronographs (2015 to 2023)

Over the period from March 2015 through January 2023, TAG Heuer offered 10 versions of the “Glassbox” Carrera. The first Glassbox Carrera was a “limited production” model; the next nine were all “limited editions”. We will refer to these 10 models as the “First Generation” Glassbox Carreras. The defining feature of the Glassbox Carrera is

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

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

Vintage Heuer — Chasing the Grails

I begin with a confession – I don’t really like referring to particular watches as “grails”. Different collectors seem to use the word “grail” in different ways, with some collectors having drawers full of them and others suggesting that a real grail is unattainable. Google the term “grail collecting”, and you will find yourself reading

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

August 17th, 2014

Heuers on the Sea — 25 Years of Yacht Timers (1959 to 1984)

Although today’s enthusiasts associate Heuer most closely with motorsports, over the years Heuer developed and marketed a vast array of stopwatches and chronographs for timing all sorts of sports events. Glancing at Heuer’s 1970 /71 catalog of timers and chronographs, we see timepieces for over 40 sports, ranging from bobsledding to boxing, and from and rodeo

Summertime!! Let’s Celebrate the Skipper (Hermit Crab #2)

The Skippers bear several similarities to the Seafarers: (a) they are colorful, (b) they are intended to be worn for boating, fishing or other water-related activities, and (c) saddest of all — like the hermit crabs we see at the beach — they never had shells (cases) of their own. You see, the poor Skipper