I am settling in on a "short-list" of five chronographs; many shared looks and themes with your selections (but no identical watches or even models) . . . will probably post them later today / tonight.

Jeff

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: Attention Feminists: Whoa, a moment...
: Get back Loretta! I may (I hope) not be a
: Male Chaovinist Pig, but I'm probably not a
: Feminist either! But I'll play along for
: laffs...

: Seeking Strength and Beauty

: Posted By: jeff stein

: Date: 9/14/06 04:10 GMT

: OK, Guys, let's do something completely
: different: let's get in touch with our
: feminine sides!! Where is that frilly
: pink boa when I need it?!?!?

: [so where is Patty when we need her / why so
: few women collecting these vintage Heuers?]
: I think she posted last month, and
: we neglected to reply to her ...

: Perhaps we need to reply to 'em in order to
: get 'em?

: TAG-Heuer has just launched a large, global
: project dedicated to the "Strength and
: Beauty" of avant-garde women. We have
: created a new OnTheDash webpage that
: describes this project, and I thought that
: it might be interesting for us to think
: about the idea of "Strength and
: Beauty" in our watches.

: So let's have a Scan Day where we post
: photos of the watches that we feel represent
: this combination of Strength and Beauty. I
: will admit it -- I need to think through
: this one a little myself. The small, early
: watches have the beauty; the massive
: Autavias and Lemania 5100-powered guys have
: the strength; the challenging part is to
: nominate one chronograph that suitably
: captures both these attributes. I
: thought about it for a moment and I came to
: a very logical conclusion... Perhaps
: the most beautiful watch Heuer has ever
: produced, featuring the tough a nails (and
: NASA flown) c.1873 Lemania base movement.

: I do have a couple of runner's up though...
: Does have a quiet beauty about it. And
: it's hard to argue with the rugged 5100
: movement.

: If one seeks a more modern watch, perhaps one
: produced by TAG-Heuer, I'd nominate the
: 1964 Re-Edition with the Silver dial...
: [I gotta remember to position the hands
: properly before tripping the shutter!]

: If you don't want to do the scan thing, then
: have a look at the three photos (shown
: below) and tell us which watch / which woman
: represents "strength and beauty"
: in your eyes? Perhaps this one?
: A watch and a Story updated:

:

: Come on fellas, give me a break . . . as the
: father of four daughters (and one son), I've
: got to take these issues seriously!!
: You have my (and I assume all of our)
: sympathies. Although the reverse would
: likely be just as challenging: 4 sons and
: one daughter...

: You can view the new Strength and Beauty
: page through the frame (below) or Click Here
: to see the page in a new browser.
: Jeff

: Hopefully my pictures and iFrames work as
: well!

: Well, what do you think of my selections?

: -- Chuck

:

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: Chuck Maddox

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: in life, only improve with time...

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