Becoming a watch collector and aficionado can feel like learning a foreign language.
Sometimes figuratively, as when learning what the names of the various components of a movement are called. After that, trying to understand what each piece actually does is another job again and one that I would have to confess I haven’t finished. Or gotten very far with at all, if I’m honest with you. But still, the desire to learn counts for something, right?
And sometimes it literally is learning a foreign language, unless you’re a native francophone. Looking …

Once the vintage watch-collecting bug bites, it can bite hard. One minute you’re perfectly happy using your mobile phone to tell the time, and the next you’re scouring the internet and your great-uncles’ spare room to check if he bought a watch 30 years ago, but forgot to take it out of the box and actually wear it.
Richard Crosthwaite is one man who has been bitten by a very specific bug- Rich is one of the world’s leading collector of vintage Heuer Monaco watches, and over only a couple of …

If reading the interview with Jack Heuer has inspired you to add to your vintage Heuer collection, then the perfect opportunity is coming up in December 2010, when renowned Heuer collector Arno Haslinger will auction 81 watches from his amazing collection through Bonhams.
Arno’s collection is detailed in his terrific book “Heuer Chronographs” which has detailed photos of all the famous Heuer models from the 1970s, as well as the stories behind the development of each model. The book is a great read in itself, but it now also serves as …

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It can be said that there are three types of watch collectors- the “traders”, the “flippers” and the “accumulators”. Accumulators will never sell a watch, even if it only gets worn once every leap-year. A flipper will buy today with the aim of wearing for a week, keeping the sticker on the back and then selling on at a profit. The trader, which describes how I collect watches, sits somewhere in the middle.
I never buy a watch with the sole intention …

One of the most enjoyable parts of vintage watch collecting is the thrill of the hunt- some of these models are so rare, that its not just a case of paying over the odds to get the watch you want- sometimes, they’re just not available.
Without doubt, the most iconic vintage Heuer is the Heuer Monaco- Steve McQueen’s watch. A crazy square case with its distinctive blue, white and red dial. For many people its the very reason that they become attracted to the Heuer and TAG Heuer brand. And when …

Today was D-day for the Patrizzi Heuer auction- all of the results are in, with only two watches passed in.
For a full list of the items that were auctioned today, click here .
For discussion of the auction results, head over to OnTheDash
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A preview of the Patrizzi & Co. Vintage Heuer auction from OntheDash

Recent review of sale prices achieved for a Heuer Montreal and a TAG Heuer 510.500-12

A new feature on Calibre 11 to help readers find the best of Vintage Heuer and TAG Heuer watches for sale on the web. Each week this page will contain a an interesting Heuer or TAG Heuer watch taken from one of the many watch sale websites on the web- let Calibre 11 sift through the rubbish and highlight some of the more interesting watches out there.
The “Watch of the Week” page is accessible from the menu bar at the top of the Calibre11.com homepage, or directly via this link: …

Which Vintage Heuer models will be the big price movers in 2010? Look at these examples of the 510.500, Camaro, Montreal, Silverstone and Super Professional

Many watches are branded as fakes- but what does this actually mean? Is your Heuer or TAG Heuer fake? A replica? Or does it simply have a few parts that aren’t genuine because they’re no longer available?

Vintage Heuer Calculator showing service hands and a discussion of the problem of finding NOS original parts for your vintage Heuer