Welcome, Philippe!!

You will find that our community welcomes the participation of dealers in our forum, and we are particularly supportive of the dealers who have the good eye for the Heuers!! Over the last couple of years, you seem to have developed a good appreciation for the "Big Three" of the Heuers -- Autavia, Carrera and Monaco -- and you have found and offered some great ones, including the very best Chronomatic Siffert that we have ever seen. The good dealers provide an important service to the community, and this forum is a natural place for them to engage in dialog with the collectors.

Personally, I feel that your reference to the result of the Haslinger Auction was a fair and reasonable strategy, for an eBay seller to take. Yes, the gentleman selling the average Jaguar E-Type or Porsche 914 may point to the 100 point car, with some factory racing history, that was just sold for a huge price at the Monterey Auction; so long as he is accurate in describing what he is selling, it seems OK to me. We have a heirarchy of values between the different models and executions, and the Haslinger Auction confirmed some of the heirarchy (manual-wind Carreras above the automatics) and also shifted the heirarchy in some respects (look at the Monzas and Silverstones). I will be publishing a lot more about this, soon.

Jeff

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: Hi to everyone,

: It was brought to my attention that one of my latest ebay listing
: brings some attention on Jeff’s great forum.

: I do not wish to pass on the wrong message by placing a link to the
: Bonhams auction, ... I do not expect an $8,000 sell, (though
: would be happy ;-) ...I did so for reference only. The Dec 15th
: Bonhams auction was quite a collection offered and a will serve
: as a reference in the future for trades between collectors and
: traders, as the Omegamania did for Omega. My Carrera example is
: not as mint, it has a couple replacement parts as various
: knowledgeable Heuer enthusiasts pointed out, but it remains a
: very clean example, and I believe that clean 1960s Carreras are
: getting scarce on the market. On eBay alone, we used to see one
: or two every week or ten days, less than 2 years ago. I bought 4
: at once in Paris 2 years ago.... When was the last clean example
: listed ?

: I am personally very fond of Chronos and a Carrera remains a
: "grail" in one's brand diversified collection, even if
: not the rarest Carrera, so please be informed I will remove the
: watch if it does not reach a reasonable price for me, ... not
: $8,000, (though I would obviously be happy ;-) yet neither will
: I let it go at $2,000. I personally value it quite a bit more,
: and most people should I think. Vintage watches, rare and
: desired examples, are getting scarce to get, both for collectors
: as well as for traders, and being both, I will take care of this
: fine example.

: Again, I trust I did not offend anyone with the short details and
: references in my listing, and will not should I cancel the eBay
: listing early, it is by no mean my intention.

: If I can help further, additional pictures, details, information,
: feel free to e-mail me. exoticwatches.net@gmail.com or by
: phone at +(34) 666 530 431.

: Sincere regards,

: Philippe

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