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Vintage Heuer Discussion Forum
The place for discussing 1930-1985 Heuer wristwatches, chronographs and dash-mounted timepieces. Online since May 2003. | ||||||
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I have been following regattachronographs for a long time, but never seen one of these before! Plastic case, cheap movement, hardly ever waterproof, but ooh soo cool!
What STYLE, it is the same romance as with ”Steve McQueen” but this is not in the movies, its for real…
I just need to get myself a jeans jacket.
http://www.pappapirish.com/1973.htm
http://www.pappapirish.com/1974.htm
Note Ronnie Peterson, the swede (as I), with his reckless, but very fast driving technique. He was postered on my wall in his Lotus 72, and I can still remember the cold confusion I felt as I saw the ball of fire at Monza in 1978 (I was eight)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGq-fLNz7YA&feature=related
I crossed the tarmac of that chicane, tears in my eyes, together with thousands of tifosi, after Schumi had just secured the 2000 title for Ferrari on their home turf, epic moment!
-but I am digressing here, back to watches.
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