by the way, Sandra is real not a dream for sure ;)

Ciao Andreas

: :))... Yes...dear Rick, I was planning to post but time's always my
: issue...

: I know it's always rare (unfortunately) to hear from a Woman that
: likes cars, race cars motor music, watches... I mean, boys toys!

: I've always been fond of vintage race cars and Retro Mobile Race
: History as it started with a documentary about the God Fangio on
: TV when I was a kid. Feeling the way he would talk about that
: world... the way one could sens the great amount of PASSION in
: his feelings for the race, the warm friendship among companions
: and the description of the wonderful harmony when a driver like
: Fangio would caress a car and the edges of the race track...
: GOSH! That was enough for me to understand it all...
: I therefore also came across Heuer... Mille Miglia that I LOVE, 24H
: Le Mans, F1, Monte carlo Rally etc... etc... I always felt
: attracted to men's watches but you know... the stereotype... a
: woman SHOULD wear a woman's watch!?! :P

: My parents bought me my first watch in Geneva... a terrible small
: rectangular Bucherer that I never liked... and what a pain to
: use it... :(

: In 1996, I met my husband and he showed me his collection of
: vintage watches (he clearly also had some Heuers)... still
: remember that moment! HEAVEN WAS IN FRONT OF ME!!!
: I felt how my blood presure, heat went up and my eyes opened like
: plates... GOSH! WHAT A VISION! THAT WAS BEAUTY TO ME!!!
: I understood I had fell in love FOR EVER and that a new terrible
: and great desease had infected me... PURE JOY!!
: I since then ONLY wear men's watches...
: YAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! :D

: I jumped into vintage watches, heard about brands I had never ever
: heard of and always had a special feeling for the 70's, divers,
: chronographs and all related to sports cars, aviation,
: navigation... had and HAVE STILL to learn so much about this
: wonderful world.
: My husband is my watch mentor and he of course knows way more about
: this watch Universe and lives it also with full passion... just
: shy to get into Forums. Well, at least he's wife hardly ever
: says... NO, DON'T BUY!! :))

: Plus my pleasure to relate with Men (always way easier for me) and
: their toys... though I love to be a woman :)

: We travel quite often to Switzerland/Central Europe so our loved
: watch hobby has grown in a very healthy and lovely way, visiting
: Museums, the mane houses, watch makers, watch shows etc...
: etc... a small World as we all end up knowing each other sooner
: or later.

: My Favs? Uff! This is too hard to say... I tend to like colour on
: the dials and also have tend to like now the 60's Heuers...
: their elegance and refined look charms me.

: I'll just post my recent dreamed Heuer... still have to find it
: like this... the pic I took from a Flickr friend... SEAFARER
: BEAUTY!

: To end this post... just to say how happy I feel to share this
: PASSION with you my kind boys, clearly my congratulations and
: gratitude to Jeff Stein... for his effort with On The Dash I
: would always consult, Forum and all the sharing/help he provides
: us all with... WONDERFUL WORK HERE!

: Greetings to all of you and will enjoy meeting some of you in
: Decembers London event, dinner.

: Yours,

: Sandra