Hi

First of all - nothing wrong with quartz Heuers/TAG Heuers. If we don't collect and look after them too who's going to have examples of them to post at "On The Dash" in 25 years time? :-)

In fact when/if the brand name changes back to "Heuer" maybe the TAG branded watches will become collectable?!!

Sure the F1 series was popular, made money and raised the TAG Heuer brand's profile - but the company is in a different place now.

IMHO, the 2000 Classic starting at GB£595 is an excellent "poor man's" TAG Heuer and to have a series below that in terms of price and/or quality wouldn't fit in with the "brand image".

Colin

: Hi all, hope you are all well, just wondering,
: i know this is a heuer forum but i visit it
: daily to hear all you guys rave about the
: automatic heuers and how good they
: are..........

: i have learnt a lot about collecting watches
: from reading this forum and other
: like-minded folk, and realise what they mean
: to you guys.

: I now have the bug maybe a poor mans bug at
: that but still it is becoming a passion,
: over the last 18mths i have collected
: numerous tag heuers and a few heuer 1000
: series, all quartz movements...yes i can see
: you all wince with disgust but hey! we can't
: all be made with the same mould....

: Anyhow the question i ask is why do Tag Heuer
: not cater for the poor man and his watch
: collection...haha, loads of laughs, Tag
: Heuer or Heuer is not a poor mans watch????,
: WELL IT IS IF YOU COLLECT ROLEX WATCHES!!!!.

: The point i will come to later, the heuer
: company was successful prior to 'Techniques
: d' Avant-Garde' yet maybe did not sell as
: many watches prior to joining with 'Tag', a
: serious rethink and joining of two companies
: resulted in Tag Heuer, thus the first model
: to be introduced being the introduction of
: the F1 watch which appealed to the poor man
: and his budget, this i must stress boosted
: the company profits way above expectation,
: approx 66 million Swiss francs in 1988 as
: opposed to only 11 million francs in 1982.
: Yet some time later it was - GONE!!!!.

: Now we have numerous re-issues Autavia,
: Carrera, Monza, you get the picture....yes
: all very good watches but very pricey, where
: has the poor mans watch gone???, a £500
: pound sel is possibly the bottom line -
: quite possibly the most shocking watch i
: have seen to date, what basis does a watch
: have to expect a re-issue, 30 years old, 50
: years????, availability or just pure
: interest from guys like yourselfs.

: I am sure Tag Heuer could make absolutely
: millions from a re-issue of the F1 series,
: yet had it not been for the poor mans F1
: there may never have been a re-issue of any
: of these fine watches, would the original
: Autavia's, Carrera's, Monza's been as
: collectable or worth a kings ransom had the
: Heuer brand gone to ground prior to the
: joining of Heuer & TAG and the succesful
: F1, i would like a re-issue F1 and soon!!!!,
: maybe you all have a lot of poor mens F1's
: to thank, warmest regards, James.