Crown of the Heuer Carrera quartz 1978

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Hello dear members!

Does anybody know, if the Heuer Carrera quartz model (3 hands model) of 1978 has a signed crown or not.
There is one offered on ebay without the Heuer sign on the crown.

Best regards, Harald
 
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Hello dear members!

Does anybody know, if the Heuer Carrera quartz model (3 hands model) of 1978 has a signed crown or not.
There is one offered on ebay without the Heuer sign on the crown.

Best regards, Harald
The crown was unsigned.
 
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Congratulations! Hope you didn't pay too much... taking into account the actual rarity of this Carrera execution, their value is pretty... hmmm... low. I have a black dialed (ref. 365.253 N) and a gold-plated example (ref. 365.255 CH). You might post some photos here when you receive the watch, would be nice to compare!
 
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Of cause, I will do so, but it takes a little bit longer time, because I go on holidays!

I have payed 450 Euros, that's I think because of the rarity of this watch not too much!

I am a big fan of Heuer/Tag Heuer, therefore I collect everthing of it (Chronosplit, Chronosplit LCD, Kentucky Chrono and the quartz version, Autavia, Camaro, the Ref. 73473 with the Valjoux 7734, the Ref. 16061 LCD, the s/el Chrono, the 1000, 1500, 2-4000 and the Titanium Chrono of the Tag Heuers.
My newest one is the Tag Heuer Formula One Gulf edition.
I am also a big Fan of vintage racing and therefore the link to these watches
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Congratulations! Hope you didn't pay too much... taking into account the actual rarity of this Carrera execution, their value is pretty... hmmm... low. I have a black dialed (ref. 365.253 N) and a gold-plated example (ref. 365.255 CH). You might post some photos here when you receive the watch, would be nice to compare!
 
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I don’t think 450€ is too bad nowadays. I paid £160 or thereabouts but it was over 10 years ago! The rarity is quite regional - all my quartz Carreras (three hand and ana-digi) came from Germany or Austria, they made more sales there than anywhere else.

Worth bearing in mind that, given the ana-digi models were the same price as a Cal 12 at the time, the price now is a relative bargain!
 
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Yes, quite right, the 3 hands quartz models were indeed even more expensive than the same named mechanical Chronographs!
That seems unbelievable today
 
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An example: The 361.705 Kentucky 3 hands quartz model was more expensive than the 750.703 Kentucky automatic chronograph (an austrian price list of June 1977)
 
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Although asking prices sometimes are much higher, from my observation the realistic value is in the 400-450 Euro range. So you did well with your purchase. Only very few die-hard Carrera fans appreciate the quartz versions. Count me in.

Funny side note: When I received the black one, to my complete surprise it came on an original corfam type strap with... an original sun buckle! I think I paid the current sun buckle rate for the whole watch 😀

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