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Re: Yes . . . Heuers Were Sold Through Racing Suppliers

Really cool info. Besides for the watches themselves being of great quality and design, the fact is that these were REAL racers watches. So many links manufacturers have today with racing are just marketing efforts without real organic roots. But the fact the vintage Heuers were sold through race suppliers along with Bell helmets, Simpson shoes, Holley carbs, etc. has that realness which has been lost with time.

Notice the tax rate in Pasadena was only 5%. It's almost double that now!

: Limiting the search to the United States, MG Mitten comes to
: mind, but I believe that there were several of the automotive /
: after-market supply houses that sold the Heuer timepieces --
: stopwatches as well as chronographs. Auto World, in Pennsylvania

: and several others.

: It was through these types of suppliers, and through his own
: selling efforts, that Jack Heuer planted the Heuer flag in the
: United States, in the early 1960s.

: Jeff

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