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Re: Best of Summer Part 2... Heuer Gold...

: This rare beauty just showed up today!... Ref.
: 1158, a recent eBay find, the seller is a
: TAG Heuer employee in the US... he showed it
: to Jack Heuer on a recent trip to the home
: office, and was told that 50 a year were
: produced for 5 years... so only 250 total!

: I'm not a gold guy, but this is definitely one
: of the coolest gold watches I could think of
: wearing... Nice gold heft too, it's 10 grams
: heavier than my 1153...

: Needs a gold Heuer buckle though, so if anyone
: knows the whereabouts...

: Maybe I can get some better pix so one can be
: placed in the automatic Carrera section of
: OTD...

: Enjoy... Cheers,
: Peter

Peter,

Your best bet is to send a steel buckle to a jeweller and have it plated gold - simple and in fact very cheap (at least in Hong Kong).

Good luck and great watch.

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