I have thought of nothing else but Heuer Divers for the past two days

: I have thought of nothing else but Heuer Divers for the past two
: days so you will forgive me for taking a short break last night
: to watch England finally play some real football after a summer
: of discontent, which provided some light relief but delayed the
: completion of my report. Jeff has proposed two fundamental
: questions which I aim to answer and nail down this subject once
: and for all. They are:

: 1. Defining a model name/names and
: 2. The number of entries on the main index page.

: The Family tree is as follows:

: Heuer Diving Watches

: - 1000 Series (automatic & Quartz) + (28, 32, 38 & 42mm
: case size)
: - Super Professional (844.006 + 840.006)
: - 980.003 + 980.004 (Day date with crown at 4)
: - 980.023 (1000m Quartz crown at 4)
: - Ladies (981.058 + 982.058 + 983.058 + 983.048)
: - 2000 Series ????????????

: These six branches cover all the Heuer diving watches made between
: the launch in 1979 and the take over by TAG. I have not included
: the 11063P and 11630P (both of which are Autavias) and I have
: not elaborated on the 2000 series for reasons detailed below.

: By far the majority of Heuer dive watches fall into the first
: branch, which I am sure, we can all agree on the model name as
: the 1000 Series. Further confirmation of this is that later
: watches had 1000 printed on the dial. The defining feature is
: the case shape. This did not change throughout the years of
: production and is a common feature in all four case sizes. There
: were of course subtle changes to the case including thickness
: and case back but the general appearance is consistent and
: recognisable as a 1000 Series model.

: Next up is the Super Professional with only two variations and with
: model name printed on the dial. The remaining “three”
: branches with a total of 7 variations make up the rest of the
: Heuer diving watches. There is no obvious model name for any of
: these so I shall refer to them by their reference numbers.

: I would like to think that therein lie the answers to the two
: fundamental questions. The model names are defined (where
: possible) and Heuer Diving Watches as the single entry in the
: main index page.

: There remains one annoying problem and that is the 2000 series.
: These first appeared in the 1983 Time for Action catalogue as
: quartz based chronographs. They featured a new case design with
: slimmer lugs to the 1000 series. The 1985 Time for Action
: catalogue featured in the OTD Catalogue section starts at page
: 51. I have the full scan of this catalogue and it is interesting
: to note that the cover has the familiar Heuer logo but on the
: first page we see the new TAG Heuer logo. It also has the full
: and much enlarged 2000 series range which have the Heuer logo
: and 2000 printed on the dial. This range is vast and includes
: the original chronographs plus a full line of sport AND diving
: watches. This raises some questions namely where these actually
: made with Heuer dials, do we consider them to be Heuer or TAG
: Heuer and most importantly do we include these 2000 Divers in
: the family tree above? I suspect many of you vintage HEUER
: enthusiasts just don’t care however it is another fundamental
: questions in order to produce a complete and accurate section on
: Heuer Divers. So your opinions would be much appreciated. I have
: included a picture of these just to remind or enlighten you to
: what I am on about. (Dial says Heuer).

: I look forward to your comments on all the above and I will now
: proceed to complete the master reference table excluding the
: 2000 series until we agree otherwise.

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