Jim:

Thanks for the interesting message and the link to the story about the Smithsonian.

I once heard that members of the public could write in to CBS, and ask for one of these stopwatches, and CBS would send them one of these stopwatches, free of charge. That might explain the abundance of them on ebay.

I assume that they covered / blocked / masked the Heuer logo because of the absence of any legal relationship (licensing, appearance money, etc.).

Jeff

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: I was getting tired of seeing all the
: wristwatch pics, so, after watching the CBS
: 60 Minutes show last night, I thought this
: would make a good scan day photo. Into the
: briefcase to see if I had it, and sure
: enough, I did. Now the question becomes,
: what is the story behind why the stopwatch
: used in the show does not have the Heuer
: Trackstar logo on it. I do remember hearing
: the reason why but my feeble aging mind has
: deleted that piece of info for something
: more useful.

: So off to the internet for the real story. A
: quick www.DOGPILE.com search and the link is
: listed below. A great read for those
: interested.