Thanks for this excellent information . . . very interesting to have this story pieced together and to see these two chronographs, with the advertisement.

I have added these seven images to OnTheDash, starting here --

http://www.onthedash.com/Guide/_Chronographs/86.1000_Series/AudiSport/?show=61AudiSportPair.jpg

Would be happy to assemble all this into a blog posting / webpage for OnTheDash.

Thanks again for this great contribution!!

Jeff

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: Hi all

: Thanks for being patient & waiting for the info which hopefully
: will shed a little more light on the issue with these watches.

: I received by chance an email from a Gent who it turns out lives
: about 5 miles from myself called Nigel. I posted my watch on an
: Audi forum which i use regularly & he saw the watch &
: contacted me about it.
: It turns out he had a big passion for Audis in the 80,s & his
: first car was a Quattro. In tandem with this his Sister was
: employed by Prestons of Bolton (again about 5 miles from me)
: & they new the Preston family very well. Prestons at the
: time were also Heuer UK.
: Nigel saw this watch for sale & his father managed to get a
: deal with the shop to purchase one. They only had 1 on display
: so he had to wait a month to receive his watch.
: His sister remembers that these watches were only sold by Heuer UK
: head office (Prestons) & all the rest of the stock were
: shipped out to Audi dealers. She also recalls as does Nigel that
: these were only on sale for about 2 months tops & the watch
: in the window resided on a very nice red display with a big
: Quattro behind it.
: He also led me to an ad for the watch that is placed in an Audi
: book which is entitled Audisport, World of Rallying No6 by
: Marton Holmes. I have managed to source one via the web &
: now have it in my person. I will as Jeff asked get a high res
: scan for whoever would like it.
: Nigel unfortunately had his original watch stolen in California
: about 4 years ago (he works in the UK & the US) and has
: trawled the web looking for another.
: A few weeks ago he found one that Nic (Heuerboy) had & struck a
: deal.He hasnt got the original bracelet but is still searching
: for it.
: He also recalled that it originally came in a blue box & not a
: red rally box & had an audi outer box.
: He also knows that Hannu Mikkola has one and also David Sutton of
: David Sutton Motorsport & Museum fame. He thinks that all
: the drivers from that year were given these watches.
: I hope this is a little more info & that it help the community
: a little

: Here is a rare sight 2 Audisport Heuers on the Original
: ad.......Enjoy

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