The largest independent, non-commercial, consumer-oriented resource on the Internet for owners, collectors and enthusiasts of fine wristwatches. Online since 1998.
Informational Websites ChronoMaddox -- the legacy of Chuck Maddox OnTheDash -- vintage Heuer website Zowie -- Omega information
Discussion Forums ChronoMaddox Forum Heuer Forum Omega Forum
Counterfeit Watchers ChronoTools Forum ChronoTrader Forum
Vintage Heuer Discussion Forum
The place for discussing 1930-1985 Heuer wristwatches, chronographs and dash-mounted timepieces. Online since May 2003.
OnTheDash Home What's New! Price Guide Chronographs Dash Mounted Collection
Lucky strap find and question

Last weekend while having lunch downtown with the family, there was a little art fest/flee market type thing. Since I love old stuff, I checked out a couple of the tables with mostly just random junk. Much to my entertainment I found a box with about a dozen watches in it. Looking through the various Timex, Seiko and no name junk, I almost did a little dance to find an original Heuer buckle and corfam strap marked at $2. So I grabbed it along with the only Seiko of interest and gave the lady 10 bucks for them. My wife could hardly understand why I was so excited. Then the next table over there was another box of junk watches. Looking through it I found a 19mm tropic sport band on a beat up, Sicura dive watch and gave the guy 10 bucks for that. Not to bad for an afternoon with the family.

Now for the question. How well does the corfam hold up? I’m thinking that the best course is to stash the strap away for safe keeping and put the buckle on a new leather strap to wear. I imagine that after a little bit of wear that the corfam will start to break up.





Current Position
Chronocentric and zOwie site design and contents (c) Copyright 1998-2005, Derek Ziglar; Copyright 2005-2008, Jeffrey M. Stein. All rights reserved. Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the terms of use. CONTACT | TERMS OF USE | TRANSLATE