The first Heuer 2000's -
this bears some discussion I think, as the early models were very nice compared to the recent models.

Does anyone have any accurate indication of the first years of these? I estimate 1982-83 also. I am certain that they were labeled "Heuer" as opposed to "TAG-Heuer", consistent with Colin J's estimate and those that I own, and scan postings by SCARDS22 recently. The sketch posted by Colin J is interesting - what is the history there?

As a nice example, posted by SCARDS22 back on 10/14/03, down the list in his scanned collection are two very nice automatic chronographs, labeled Heuer (ie not yet TAG) - see
http://chronocentric.com/forums/heuer/index.cgi?read=1426
In particular the bracelets on these stand out, with a heavy, D-shaped link, like the Rolex President style. Since those early days, I believe pre-1987 or so, the 2000 bracelets are no where near as nice (although some F1's continued to use a similar steel bracelet).

Chuck Maddox has posted some French and German chronograph flyers on his website as well, with identical looking watches as SCARDS22's but labeled TAG-Heuer so I will assume a bit later, like 1986-1987.

I have two of these myself, identical except one is Heuer and one TAG-Heuer, and quartz chronographs which I prefer. Thanks to Chuck's numerous catalogs on his site, I know that the model number on the TAG version is 262.206, although it is not physically marked as such.

I would greatly appreciate any other discussion or information on the topic as in my opinion these early 2000s were really great examples.

Thanks
Bill