Wow . . . great to see the way you worked through this challenge, and each of the "finalists" is a fantastic watch . . . some of the "grails" and some that are far more common (well, not exactly common, but more common than some of the ones that you have shown).

Great posting!!

Jeff

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: Jeff set a very difficult question. I thought about it over the
: past few days. What I was thinking was that if you could only
: keep three watches it would be nice to still have a collection
: around a theme.

: My first thought was to keep a Abercrombie and Fitch theme, as I
: really love those watches, plus I could have a Carrera and an
: Autavia (effectively) so would represent two key Heuer models:

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: But that didn't work for me... I was thinking maybe if I chose a
: third execution watch for the theme of 3 watches, it would fit
: the theme so well Jeff would allow me to throw an extra one in.
: Plus the reason I love the third execution Autavia so much is
: that it's small elegant case somehow combines the best of both
: the Autavia and the Carrera, it's somehow a perfect Heuer:
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: I love those 3rd executions, but in the end not enough, so I
: thought about having one key watch from each of the main Heuer
: eras. I went for really rare models, as well as one which best
: typified the era. A first execution Autavia for the early 60s,
: the 1158 for the bling early 70s, and the PVD for the end of
: Heuer and the onset of the 80s. The first execution Autavia is
: pretty rare (ok, not solid hands, but patina makes up for it),
: and so is the PVD Monaco, but this really early version of the
: 18k 1158 Carrera with the 3-6-9-12 sub register seems to be even
: more rare:

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: But in the end, these watches were too scary to wear every day, so
: I changed my mind one last time. I decided if I had to wear
: three only, I'd go with watches that I'd be happy to wear day in
: and day out. The Monaco is one of the first Heuers I ever bought
: in the early 90s, it's a beautifully worn model, with the early
: recessed subdials like the chromatic & transitional. I just
: love the blue silverstone, it's been a favourite of mine for a
: long time, even if they are not very fashionable with collectors
: these days. Finally, I kept one watch I'd started with, just to
: keep the blue theme..actually, to be honest, if I had to keep
: only one watch, this would be it. The perfect and elegant 60s
: Carrera case, dauphine hands, and a beautiful dial ...

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