Great work, gentlemen. I will print this out, and study it, during the day tomorrow. I can then get the top level Index page set up, and we can dig down from there.

There is great interest in these Heuer dive watches, and I will be an enthusiastic student, myself. I have admired these watches, but my ignorance of these watches and their nuances has kept me on the sidelines, and I have never bought one. Again, I suspect that more information will motivate more purchasers, which is good for our community. Some have kindly described OnTheDash as a "pump and dump" scheme, as in the stock market. So this is the fair warning that we are preparing to "pump" the divers!!

It will be a good time for the collectors to begin assembling their favorite photos, so that we can fill out the Index pages and Galleries.

Jeff

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: Mark - just the reply I was looking for which helps me to question
: the logic behind my proposals. Once again keeping the family
: tree in full view, here is my response to your questions:

: Yes, it would be nice if it was consistent but as time went
: on and obviously the model was proving to be a commercial
: success, they introduced so many variations that the reference
: numbers could not cope and the continuity was lost.

: Essentially I have ignored the reference numbers and focused
: on case design to produce the family tree. The case design which
: makes up the 1000 Series is common to 95% of all the model
: references. On that basis the day/dates (980.003 & 980.004),
: the deep dive (980.023) and the other branches have different
: case design. In doing so I have also adopted the visual element
: that Jeff alluded to. The 1000 Series case if specific and
: recognisable and the other branches are all unique and equally
: recognisable. It’s a bit like the Autavia family with manual
: screw back and manual snap back branches which have similar
: dials but different cases.

: And does the 983.048 not belong to

: I have grouped the 983.048 with the other three
: "ladies" references for simplicity sake for want of a
: better reason. The case is unique but then so to are the other
: three in the group however all three are of similar size and
: have a PVD finish. Interestingly, the 983.048 case is like a
: ladies Montreal and the other three are like a ladies Pasadena
: (later versions found in the recently uploaded and much
: discussed 1982 Speciality Watch Catalogue.

: I like the name deep dive …..

: Me too.

: Might not be appropriate in the metal, but it feels like a natural
: grouping to me.

: Once again, and in my opinion the natural grouping is by
: case design not reference number.

: Agreed, I used the title for want of a better one. These are
: the 4 orphans in the group and were obviously experiments in new
: case design, which as I pointed out above, are quite
: interesting. I propose a name change to this branch to
: Miscellaneous Ladies.

: No, these are the first execution of the 1000 Series. 844
: automatic 42mm, 8440 quartz 42mm and 756 automatic 28mm case.
: The rest of the series grew out from these and in fact the 844
: evolved through reference numbers 844/2, 844/3 and eventually
: 844/4 with TAG Heuer dial featured in the 1990 TAG catalogue.
: So, not orphan but rather grand daddy & mammy. The Super
: Professional’s (840.006 & 844.006) are unrelated to the
: 844 and have their own unique case design and therefore their
: own branch.

: By completing this exercise I have convinced myself and
: hopefully you and anyone else who has taken the time to read
: this that the family tree with one modification (Miscellaneous
: Ladies) and the exclusion of the 2000 Series elephant is
: correct. Let me know if you disagree – I am very open to
: discussion.
: Regards
: Paul
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