What was your FIRST TAG Heuer?

I am enjoying the thread. Let’s keep it rolling, THF.

Well hello there, @Speed2Sea! @Mspeedster will be particularly happy to see your first TAG Heuer.

Also, you are making me regret letting that one go!

It doesn't get as much wrist time as I hoped and was thinking about selling it, but considering how much the new models cost I'm keeping it not to mention the cool factor. 😂

TAG / Heuer figures very, very prominently in my watch story, because my TAG and Heuer story is the beginning of my watch story. TAG and Heuer were the first three actual watches I had, all major milestones on their own:

My first actual (non-digital), nice watch. A Formula 1 3-hand quartz, received as a very generous holiday gift in 2006.


Then, after getting what I thought then was a very well-paid job in 2011, purchased my first nice watch, a Cal 12 Monaco. I went into the Tourneau near the office, intent on buying the Monaco 3-hander. Found in person that it wasn't square but a weird slightly rectangular shape, and it just sucked. But the chronograph looked awesome, and wasn't a whole lot more especially with their 0% APR financing.

My first automatic watch; my first chronograph. I was so excited, this photo from my cubicle at my office was also my first ever wristshot, long before I knew people actually did that!



And then a bit more than a year later, as I learned more about Heuer and their history - and found out that you could actually buy vintage, original ones - I fell in love with a particular design and bought this from a Gilt.com flash sale. This was also my first manual-wind watch.
(And completely got the timeline wrong of course; it was about late 1966 / early 67 production going by the serial number).



The rest of course is history 😀

This one! Still have it as pictured.