Cheers

Arno

www.heuerchronographs.com

: Yesterday, I took my 18 karat gold Carrera (Reference 1158) to a
: jeweler, to get the exact weight of the watch and the bracelet.
: I thought that it would be interesting to have this information;
: I also wondered whether the relative weight of the watch and the
: bracelet might explain the fact that, historically, the bracelet
: usually cost approximately 1.5 times as the watch itself.

: I believe that the information shown in this table explains the
: pricing of the watch and the bracelet. The bracelet contains 73
: grams of gold; the watch case (without movement) contains 48
: grams of gold; so the ratio is exactly 1.5-to-1 . . . thus we
: understand why the bracelet sold for 1.5 times the price of the
: watch itself (for example, in 1974, the Carrera sold for
: approximately $750, while the bracelet alone sold for
: approximately $1,125). The jeweler who assisted me with these
: measurements also pointed out that the workmanship in the
: bracelet far exceeded the workmanship in the case itself.

: Jeff

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: total weight of watch and bracelet

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: 143 grams

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: weight of watch (head only)

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: 69 grams

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: weight of movement

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: 21 grams

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: weigth of watch case (without movement)

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: 48 grams

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: weight of bracelet (both sections)

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: 73 grams

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: bottom section of bracelet (with clasp)

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: 40 grams

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: top section of bracelet

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: 33 grams

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: total weight of gold in watch and bracelet

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: 121 grams

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: ratio of gold in bracelet to gold in watch

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: 1.5-to-1.0

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