Evolution of a collection...

I found this photo today of what my collection looked like in March 2007, about 2-3 years after I started getting "into" watches.

Starting from the back, and left to right we have:
- TAG Heuer Targa Florio
- TAG Heuer Monaco
- TAG Heuer 4000 quartz (my first good watch)
- Heuer Carrera re-edition
- TAG Heuer Autavia
- Heuer Carrera 1553N
- Heuer Monaco re-edition
- Heuer Monza re-edition

You can see that I was big on the re-editions, which for me were a great way of getting into the vintage style, without needing to worry about sourcing vintage.

Fast forward three years to 2010:


and

Wow, that got out of control fast! At this time I still had the McQueen TAG Heuer Monaco, the Carrera re-edition, the 4000 and the Monza (and still have each of those today), but otherwise, all of the re-editions had gone to fund the new ones.

And today? Apart from the TAG watches named above, I have one vintage Heuer and one newer TAG Heuer


Collection is a lot smaller than it was, but who knows whether it will expand again....

yes, would be good to see...Calibre 11s? Gulf?

What a great collection.
I'd love to add a Montreal to mine, although now I'm "saving-up" for a Rally-Master set for the green machine.

you should have kept the cal.15 Carrera.. love those.. but it is the way of the collector 'path'... been there myself many times...

Great post. I sold my Autavia Viceroy but just picked up the 300SLR. I'm drawn to vintage, but I think I'm better off owning the reissues with my limited knowledge and patience.

I love that Calibre 11 Monaco- should have bought one...mistake. I keep this photo on my desktop that Abel sent me..

Thanks Expat. I've always said that vintage isn't for everyone- there are some really good reasons for going down the reissue path. That SLR is a great watch- beautiful dial!

Enviable collection (so far no doubt) David. Only 3 for me so far in a few years, but it's an expensive hobby as some will attest. I have Carrera 1887 blue dial, Link Calibe S black dial and Calibre 16 Automatic Chronograph.

The challenge is trying to hang onto favourites whilst pursuing others, or having to sell to fund the next one. I'm hoping to add the same one as you, Jack Heuer 81 maybe next year.

Thanks George, but most of the ones you see above are gone...I'm down to single figures!

Yes, you're right on the expense. I used to have a "one in, one out" policy, but sometimes it was hard to stick to this 😉