No panda or reverse panda as yet. What I would really go nuts for actually is a sunburst blue dial with white subdials. Or is it too close to the Blue Dreamer?
I feel the Montreal is a panda and kind of the inverse of the design you'd go nuts for. Also, I consider the Dato to be a one sided reverse panda as well. 😉
I was thinking a sunburst dark blue more like the red and green.
I hear you, that would be stunning no doubt.
My 14 year old Navitimer remains a fav of mine for exactly that reason.
This exchange, from Instagram, implies that Nicholas Biebuyck would rather protect the investments of the vintage Heuer community rather than increase the sales of TAG Heuer.
His message is "buy vintage". Seems like faithful Heuer re-issues might be a thing of the past. 🙁
This exchange, from Instagram, implies that Nicholas Biebuyck would rather protect the investments of the vintage Heuer community rather than increase the sales of TAG Heuer.
His message is "buy vintage". Seems like faithful Heuer re-issues might be a thing of the past. 🙁
Do re-editions really affect the price of originals? I find that hard to believe. Part of the appeal surely lies in the fact that it is an original? Strikes me if anything what he's really saying is that the cost of making these watches isn't worth it for the low numbers they think they would sell.
Hard to say. As @Yago pointed out, the release of the Carrera Silver 160th seems to have had little affect on the original 2447S. However, the release of the Hodinkee Dato 45 seemed to have renewed collectors' interest in the original and I saw that prices for the vintage ones trended up after the release.
What Nicholas is implying is if TAG Heuer were to re-issue a 2447SN (Panda) or 2447NS (Reverse Panda) it would hurt the collectors. The Carrera 2447 Pandas & Reverse Pandas are more expensive and harder to find. If TAG Heuer were to do a re-edition for around $7500, it would still be half the asking price of a typical vintage original. But I really doubt a glassbox re-issue would hurt prices that much, since they aren't exact copies.
