This Heuer was purchased off this very board, and is the actual watch pictured at: http://onthedash.com/Guide/_Chronographs/63.Carrera/e.Automatic_(early)/

For sale is this superb 1970's HEUER Carrera with Cal. 12 in Solid 18K Gold (Ref# 1158 CHN)... My seller described it as "One of only 250 produced between 1971 and 1975 (50 per year)... Jack Heuer presented many of these fantastic watches to the Scuderia Ferrari team drivers that Heuer sponsored and was the official timekeeper for... " This Heuer was purchased off this board a few years ago, and is the actual watch pictured at: http://onthedash.com/Guide/_Chronographs/63.Carrera/e.Automatic_%28early%29/72.Reference_1158CHN/ .

It is in beautiful original condition with a heavy 18kt case... Comes on a Heuer black croc strap with a signed Heuer gold-plated buckle... . The orig heuer strap has been removed (but saved, and currently fitted with a black Di-Modell croc Strap. This is a beautiful and very rare Heuer racing chronograph but I’m not wearing it and would like to see it go to a good home…

Featured on page 26 of the ArmbandUhren magazine “Tag Heuer Special Issue” from 2004… Here is the quote from this issue: "Racing drivers who served Heuer well received the Carrera chronograph in gold. This was at a time when Heuer was the official timekeeper of the Scuderia Ferrari, and it was, above all, Ferrari drivers who received them.... Jack Heuer recognized that it was very effective advertising to have a celebrity wearing a Heuer watch". The watch is pictured on page 26 with the caption: "The Carrera chronograph in gold was worn by drivers from Ferrari's Formula 1 racing team among others".

Fully serviced by Heuer in New Jersey in July of ‘04… a copy of that receipt will be supplied as well as a copy of the ArmbandUhren magazine.
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I know I will regret selling this one but I’m just not wearing it and I've got my eyes on another watch. This watch has a nice authoritative "heft" because of it's weight and a super presence on the wrist. The one time worn outside, it garnered some awfully nice compliments.

I even received an email from someone in Australia off this board indicating his friend, a retired F1 driver still wore his 1158 CHN every day. Other than the magazine article and anecdotal indications, there is nothing in the form of written documentation to confirm this. When I purchased this watch, one of the reasons I bought it, besides its attractiveness, was that I had met Mr. Heuer as a young teen, working on a rally team (SAAB USA) back in the late 60s - the SAAB team was partially sponsored by Heuer and I met him in the pits at the Daytona 12 hour in Florida, 1967. It's connection to racing made the appeal complete.

Operation: the accuracy of this watch surprises me every time I take it off the winder. As there is no continual seconds hand, it’s impossible to set “dead on” but I have not seen 2 minutes deviation in any given month.Chrono pushers do not stick and are crisp in their action. And all pointers reset perfectly and I mean dead center perfectly. Watch has actually only been worn 3-4 times, and only worn outside the house one time, in the evening to a dinner.

Case dimensions: 38MM diameter w/o the crown with a 13MM height

Condition: I'll conservatively rate it at 95% - if it weren't for two small nicks (and i mean small- one described below and one too small to capture) and a couple hairlines in the acrylic crystal, it would be near mint.

I have posted additional current images at http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?folder_id=1975734

There is one nick in the "bezel flat" at about 4:00 - it is highlited in one of the shots at the above link.

References: I can offer 25 to 30 from TZ, 133 from ebay, and I’ve sold about 14 watches, ranging from $1k to $3500 to Denmark, UK, France, Switzerland, Australia, Portugal, the Phillipines & Hong Kong.

Payment will have to be via cashier’s check, money orders, bank wire or international draft – I will consider paypal. Shipment will not occur until funds have collected to my account.. As all banks now are actually holding international funds before fully releasing them, there may be a 10 – 14 day delay from time of receipt of bank wire or draft.

Questions: feel free to call me at 804-502-0449 (I’m in Virginia, USA so please no calls after 9:30PM or before 9:00 AM Email: larryccf@mindspring.com

Please do not bother PMing as I rarely check PM box.

Price is $3550 USD + shipping - I will only ship UPS as US Postal is horrible in terms of loss resolution (minimum of six months) - I know I don't have the patience for that, and pretty sure you won't either.