Was hoping Mark would offer advice, he really is the Carrera expert, so it will be sound advice.

Rich

Hi John.

: The earlier watches were sold as head only (although Heuer did
: deign to supply a plated buckle with them) so "original
: strap" is something of a moot point anyway.

: When I bought mine in early 2009, several were sold in the space of
: 2 or 3 months for around £/€3000. They've been trending
: upwards since then, but Arno's example was definitely an outlier
: as regards price! Probably £/€4k is securing most of them
: that change hands now, though that is bracketed on either side
: by a considerable amount.

: Interestingly, Bonhams have another on sale in 5 days, it will be
: interesting to see how much it makes outside of the framework of
: the Haslinger auction:

: http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/18849/lot/179/

: I imagine it will be considerably closer to the "normal"
: market price. Not sure about the combined scale on that example,
: plus the pushers look a bit exposed.

: Mark