: This is a rare vintage Heuer chrono ref number 1614. I believe
: these were a late 70’s watch and many were found with the
: “Champion” logo on them (like the spark plug brand) These
: are French made Heuer’s as well. I had the movement looked
: over by my watchmaker and he said it looked in good shape. It is
: a manual wind 7765. All functions correctly, and it keeps pretty
: good time as well. It stays within about 45 secs compared to my
: quartz watches…Although the reserve is not terribly long, I
: try and wind it everyday.
: I do not know the service history. What is nice about this example
: is the original orange hands, most 1614’s you see have
: different hands, or the white subdial hands.
: The case is overall good shape, I’d say 80-85% (I wear the watch)
: but for it’s age it looks very nice. If I were to keep it,
: I’d change the crystal. It has some very minor chips on the
: edge at about the 2:30 mark and 1:00. They do not detract from
: the appearance, but they are there. The other thing about the
: crystal is head on it looks nice, but you can see in the photos
: it has almost a ripple effect in the glass. It appears to be
: mineral crystal. Shouldn’t cost more than about 50 bucks to
: get another crystal put on.
: I wear it on the orange piping, leather rally band which I get MANY
: compliments on. I also have a cheap generic bracelet you can
: have with it if you want it.
: I am pricing this watch at 1125 shipped and paypal’d. I am pretty
: firm on that price, the last one on ebay sold for over 1300 and
: did not have original hands. The crystal was better on that and
: it had a TAG bracelet (which I don’t think add or detracts
: from the value, but it was by no means period correct)
: These rarely come up for sale and I am hesitant about selling it,
: being that it would be hard to find another, but financial
: circumstances dictate it. Own a piece of history!!!