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Vintage Heuer Discussion Forum
The place for discussing 1930-1985 Heuer wristwatches, chronographs and dash-mounted timepieces. Online since May 2003. | ||||||
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Posted By: Doug Sprott Date: 1/12/07 03:34 GMT Someone just bought a fraken Heuer Carrera with a Hamilton dial and movement . Guy's Guy's Guy's! I'm not someone, I'm Chuck! I wonder if it will show up for sale with a new dial ??? The answer to that would be no... Does anyone know who got it ? I know, Jeff knows, juko suspects (at the very least)... What Makes You Think It's a Franken ? ? ? Posted By: jeff stein Date: 1/12/07 04:11 GMT In Response To: Fraken Hamilheuer just went for $1300.00 *LINK* (Doug Sprott) it may be a Franken and it may be genuine. Well, we know that Heuer has made watches for other manufacturers... I also own a Zodiac that is nigh identical to the Heuer immediately above. as a Franken, it's probably worth as least $1,300 (in my estimation); if it's genuine, then I put the estimate at the $1,800 to $2,000 level. I know that the Heuer dialed version of the Carrera is a legitimate $3,600-4,200 watch in today's market. I know because I have been the first and second runner up on at least 3-5 eBay auctions where I've been in the $3,600-4,000 range. Notably more than any other watch I've ever bid on. I call it a fantastic buy at $1,300 I know I had seen similar model Hamiltons a couple of years back and they were going for $900+ back then. And then the herd thinned to transparency. So I watched and waited. Might the winner be willing to step forward and identify himself / herself?? I think he just did! Jeff nice watch, why did Hamilton.......... Posted By: juko Date: 1/12/07 08:14 GMT In Response To: What Makes You Think It's a Franken ? ? ? (jeff stein) let this kind of watches made by Heuer? or should we wait for the buyer? Well... It would seem that Heuer had a certain amount of production, sales channel, and overhead to meet. If they produced/purchased large quantities of components and didn't have the sales necessary to use up all of the movements, or if other firms wanted to offer similar models, but didn't have the production capacity, or if other firms had distribution/sales channels that Heuer didn't it would seem that Heuer would be happy to be a source for Build to Order chronographs for other firms. juko Guys, this was fun. Do any of you want to out yourselves so we can pick apart your bidding and decision-making processes? |
What I want to know is Who STOLE this 510.503! If I had known I would have gotten the Hami at the price I did, I probably would have bid on that beautiful Pewter 5100! $735!!!! In today's market that's at least Grand Theft Lemania!
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