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: Heuer Camaro Watch Posted By: Jonathan
: Date: 2/3/05 04:25 GMT

: Not in reference to: Stolen and Outrage Ah!
: Ok...
If posted in the wrong area I am sorry I was posting to what you are perplexed about in the what was the Beechcraft posts. ( airplanes)

Look at those if there still up. It has nothing to do with this post way up here. why re that up here. Jonathon do not know if your new or not But if so welcome. If you can or have a photo hosting place please put up a photo for the crew we would all love to see Iam sure. Take Care

: I have a Heuer Camaro watch that I would like
: to find out more about. Ouch... That's a
: problem... We don't have a Camaro section of
: the MOAT... That makes research a bit
: problematic...

: The watch is stainless(?), black face, three
: dial, two of the dials, minutes and hours
: have red-orange hands along with the
: chronometer sweep second hand. The strap is
: leather with small holes and Heuer on the
: metal strap holder. Ok, for the most part
: you can set aside the strap... Chances are
: it's been replaced over the years if it's a
: leather strap and there is likely not much
: to be gleaned from it.

: What I would recommend you do, is go through
: all of the catalogs on the catalog section
: starting in about 1960... And scan through
: them and see if you can find the watch. The
: catalog's are like the books of the bible
: for Heuer research, for the most part they
: are the documentation we use to piece
: together the information found in the MOATs
: charts.

: Unfortunately, for whatever reason(s), we have
: not gotten around to doing a Camaro table.

: I also have a red box with Heuer on the top
: and a black and white check pattern (two
: rows) around the box. I do not have any
: paperwork for the watch. That sounds like
: a 1960's~1970's era box to me.

: I am looking for information about the watch:
: year/s of manafacture, number made,
: collectability, approximate value... Any
: bits of information would be acceptable.
: Thanks! I don't think we ever really have
: much idea as to the size of the production
: runs for these watches (number made), the
: catalogs should be able to give you an idea
: as to years of production and duration in
: the product line.

: Collectablilty. I personally feel (and
: that's a personal perception, not a provable
: fact) that the Camaro has suffered a bit in
: popularity due to it's shape... It's not
: really a "classically styled"
: watch like the Carreras, or a Diver/Driver
: styled watch, like the Autavia's, or a bold
: styling statement like the Monaco's, and as
: a result, I feel they've gotten a bit of a
: short shift. For a long time they have
: suffered from being a cross between old and
: new and being perceived as being not as
: desirable... The best analogy I can think of
: is the Ford Ranchero/Chevy El-Camino
: syndrome... A hybrid of a Pickup and a
: two-seat car that has the too few of the
: benifits of either and too many of the
: drawbacks.

: However, I've seen a few absolutely beautiful
: examples displayed in forum posts here and
: elsewhere in the past 6-10 months and people
: have been oooohing and aaaaaahhing over them
: and I honestly think they are on track to be
: more popular than they have ever been
: previously. I think they are very
: collectable and have a lot of upward
: potential.

: Value... Oh, that's tough... Since Heuer made
: both 2-Register and 3-Register versions in a
: number of different color and style dials,
: the range is really broad with a monotone
: 2-register being on the low end in the $500
: and up range, to a 3-Register with
: contrasting subs drawing spirited bidding
: well north of the $1000 range.

: As always the value is what the high bidder is
: willing to pay.

: Aside from that the information get's real
: thin. I hope I've been of a little
: assistance and if I run across more
: information I'll try to circle around.

: Good Hunting!

: -- Chuck

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: Chuck Maddox

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