Hi Arno,

I never intended to offend you or Bonhams. I see on a very regular basis sellers and private collectors referencing Antiquorum, Sothebys and Christies Auctions as well, for Pateks, Rolexs, Omegas, etc, .... I also think this is good as it is informative and comparative, as well as indirectly serving as marketing for Bonhams, and also vintage Heuers. This is also why, unlike most sellers with a web site, I leave most of my high end sold watches appearing on my web site. However, despite all this, I respect and felicitate you for the work done and results obtained with Bonhams, and I can understand that I should have probably contacted you and/or Bonhams prior to using your auction as reference. If you wish, I can remove the watch from eBay and relist it without the Bonhams link.

Let me know, I will be happy to work with you.

Sincere regards,

Philippe

: Hi Philippe,
: generally speaking, we have invested a lot of money and time in
: building the Haslinger collection. Further we have shown in
: cooperation with TAG Heuer, I have given away one of my
: Silverstones to Leonardo di Caprio Green Cross foundation. We
: experience now as the train was succesful a lot of people, who
: want to jump on it mainly for personal resaons to make some
: money or some try to make their names as specialists more known
: to a broader audience. Most of these me toos have not been
: suportive, when we were touring for a year with Bonhams car
: department to present Heuer watches to a broader audience of
: people. On the other side there had been some good friends, who
: supported us like Jeff, Rich, Jasper, Paul, Ben, my friends from
: Vintage Heuer,the Paris connection and David with Calibre
: 11.....
: You have picked a Carrera from my auction, which does not have much
: in common with the watch you are offering ? Hence what do think
: is your offer good for the Haslinger collection and the price we
: have achieved for our top quality unpolished watch ? Is it good
: for your personal listing using the Bonhams/ Haslinger
: collection built brand name, I would guess so !
: Normally it is standard procedure to ask before you use a brand
: name built by others. It is also normal if press writes an
: article that our press department gets some content info prior
: publishing. We will be very rigid in the future about misusing
: as we have great plans for the future to continue with our
: beloved vintage Heuers.
: Best Arno