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my first vintage heuer
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Calibre11
·Hi and welcome. Yes, you're right on the other models. I haven't seen this dial in the catalogue before, but based on the oxidisation of the dial and the design of the lume markers, this looks to be late 1970s (recall that most Daytona blue dials from this era also have the same "tropical"- tinged dials).
Will see if I can find more.
Will see if I can find more.
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·Hi and welcome. Yes, you're right on the other models. I haven't seen this dial in the catalogue before, but based on the oxidisation of the dial and the design of the lume markers, this looks to be late 1970s (recall that most Daytona blue dials from this era also have the same "tropical"- tinged dials).
Will see if I can find more.
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Gambba
·There’s no reference of these in the catalogues or price lists that are available.
I have seen a few online previously, but as far as I can see nothing else really to fully support a 73473 B. At the same time there’s no doubt in my mind the dial is definitely Heuer, and the case is definitely that of the 73473, just don’t know if the two left the factory together.......then again not sure where that dial would have been used otherwise.
I have seen a few online previously, but as far as I can see nothing else really to fully support a 73473 B. At the same time there’s no doubt in my mind the dial is definitely Heuer, and the case is definitely that of the 73473, just don’t know if the two left the factory together.......then again not sure where that dial would have been used otherwise.
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·I actually checked those for the OP and no blue dial version, not even in the ‘72 price list.
Yeah, I can't find much about the economy models at all really. And most 73473 models had applied markers in addition to being pandas - yet I find two more just like this one, with all-blue dials and applied lume, and neither appear to be the same watch as this.
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·Yeah, I can't find much about the economy models at all really. And most 73473 models had applied markers in addition to being pandas - yet I find two more just like this one, with all-blue dials and applied lume, and neither appear to be the same watch as this.
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Gambba
·Can you please explain something. Why are they classed as economy models when they cost nearly double than the camaro but the Camaro sells for a good price and is not classed as an economy model?
They were the economy model back then.....you were thinking he meant today? No Calibre 11 movement as an example, no model name etc. made them the economy model.
If you did mean today I’m not sure you’ll find these going for double a similar condition of a Camaro, and would always expect the Camaro to be more expensive. It is the more iconic model after all.
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·Yeah, I can't find much about the economy models at all really. And most 73473 models had applied markers in addition to being pandas - yet I find two more just like this one, with all-blue dials and applied lume, and neither appear to be the same watch as this.
My guess is that this is a mid '70s mark 2.
I see similarities between this and the Montreal range. The mark 1 Montreals from '72, apart from the gold model, all had contrasting dial and subdials and applied markers and date window. The mark 2s from '74 and onwards, besides the blue model, all had matching dial and subdials, oversized painted markers and a painted date window. All three changes match the differences between the known 73473 and the watch at hand.
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·Can you please explain something. Why are they classed as economy models when they cost nearly double than the camaro but the Camaro sells for a good price and is not classed as an economy model?
Yes, in the 1970s these were considered "economy" models - no model name, using cam-lever manual-wind movements when the "new hotness" at the time was the automatic chronograph range.
When did it cost double the price of a Camaro though? In the 1970s? If so, that's probably only because by 1972 Heuer had discontinued the Camaro due to slow sales, and was probably clearing them out of stock.
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·My guess is that this is a mid '70s mark 2.
I see similarities between this and the Montreal range. The mark 1 Montreals from '72, apart from the gold model, all had contrasting dial and subdials and applied markers and date window. The mark 2s from '74 and onwards, besides the blue model, all had matching dial and subdials, oversized painted markers and a painted date window. All three changes match the differences between the known 73473 and the watch at hand.
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·TAG Heuer only list two watches with this reference number- the two panda dial versions inside this case.
Doesn't mean it isn't a franken...but I can't prove it's genuine
Doesn't mean it isn't a franken...but I can't prove it's genuine
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·My tuppence worth-while not apparently officially listed I can't help but feel it's genuine and original. There are a number of other examples to support it, each with corresponding serial numbers; I think I know the 'respected heuer dealer' who sold it and if so, he's been handling many Heuers for many years.
Will be an interesting exercise to research it further.......😀
Steve
Will be an interesting exercise to research it further.......😀
Steve
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·My tuppence worth-while not apparently officially listed I can't help but feel it's genuine and original. There are a number of other examples to support it, each with corresponding serial numbers; I think I know the 'respected heuer dealer' who sold it and if so, he's been handling many Heuers for many years.
Will be an interesting exercise to research it further.......😀
Steve
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·Its so pretty, how much old it is?
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·Its so pretty, how much old it is?
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Gambba
·It’s a shame tag heuer don’t do an extract from the archives like omega do. I’ve seen a few 73473s with advertising for champion spark plugs and believe they were given as gifts. If it is a refinished dial it’s the best I’ve seen and I’ve no idea what dial they would have used as nothing identical but a few models did have similar dials.
It’s a shame Heuer didn’t keep proper records to even make an archive that is extractable from. Although it does bring up so many interesting conversations along the way!
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·It’s a shame Heuer didn’t keep proper records to even make an archive that is extractable from. Although it does bring up so many interesting conversations along the way!