I suppose, but what is the point? It's annoying that they made it out of something which is so easily damaged....
Not sure if the other editions have it, as this one is more prominently branded TAG Heuer on the front cover (the other editions in red/silver have a much smaller logo only), but it includes a fixed insert at the start of the book with a short message from Babin (small error in spelling "Jeaan") and some Monaco blurb.
Much better idea to keep it sealed and get a second copy you don't mind handling.
My second one arrived today, and given the price (£60 shipped) it's remarkably good condition. First one I bought was much worse (see a few pages back on this thread), but made profit on the resale (enough that the new one is effectively "free").
Just wanted to thank you guys for reminding me about the existence of the Assouline-edited TH 150yrs book. Since France has a pretty well developed online second-hand books market, I was pretty sure that I would be able to find one for a rather low-ish price. And that’s what I did over the weekend…
Picked it up from the depot yesterday and spent a pleasant 90min with it 😀 It is, however, not really a book for those who prefer avid reading over looking at nice pictures 😉 So I thought I’d point out - for those of you who read French - that there’s another book out there (That also pops up for cheap on various platforms every now and then), which offers a bit more content on the brand's history (IMHO):
Available, for example, on Amazon.fr:
https://www.amazon.fr/TAG-Heuer-maîtrisé-Constantin-Pârvulesco/dp/2726896138/ref=sr_1_1?crid=HDARQ9FDXL1U&keywords=tag+heuer&qid=1645020669&s=books&sprefix=tag+heuer,stripbooks,241&sr=1-1
Yes it roughly does - but it’s from a completely different author (The one of the „official“ 150yrs book being Gisbert Brunner, I believe?)…
I don’t think it’s a 100% plagiarizing effort, but let me take a snapshot of the TOC.
Yes, of course it's upside down! 😉
I’m not sure if that charging stand is for -probably- Gen1 Connected, or for Gen2 Modular 45… but in both cases, it’s upside down 👍
Is it for sale somewhere?
Yeah - it was 😀 I wasn't quite sure whether it was *definitely* C46 or CM45 - seller on eBay had it listed as CM45, so at least I can return it based on that. Having done some research, particularly on the company Outform's FCC applications for a table-mounted security version, I'm pretty confident it's compatible with the CM45. Outform also apparently did the C46 window displays (the wire-mounted ones with coloured hexagons) as well as a variety of variations on this cuff mount (a couple of different hex display mounts like this, a table mount (with security alarm features) and a wall/bracket mount).
