ed:

thank you for this detailed message.

with these facts, you confirm the outstanding character and utmost integrity of Hans Schrag.

jeff

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: and not just idle speculation, as I am the
: seller of the Heuer Calculator in question.
: I purchased this watch in 1995, at a local
: antique shop. I think I paid $45 or so. Even
: 10 years ago, that should tell you something
: about the condition that this watch was in.
: It did not run, the back was horribly
: scratched by some idiot/amateur watchmaker,
: and the crystal was very ugly. The dial was
: quite nice, fortunately, and the movement
: was not damaged.

: A few months later, I sent the watch to Pro
: Time (not Prodrive, as stated in one of the
: above posts). Mr. Schrag sent a detailed
: estimate of the repairs needed, at my
: request. Additionally, he allowed me to make
: payments in order to retire the debt! The
: watch had new pushers, back, and crystal. It
: was serviced, and returned to me. A NOS blue
: Corfam Strap (ORIGINAL TO THIS PARTICULAR
: VARIATION, NOT A BRACELET!)was offered to
: me, but I declined in the interest of
: fashion.

: Mr. Schrag took the time to not only estimate
: the repairs needed for this watch, but
: educated me about the watch, and some of its
: history. I appreciate that! He has been in
: the world of Heuer longer than most of us
: here have been alive!

: Regarding the bracelet, it is, as stated, a New
: Old Stock Heuer Stainless Steel bracelet. I
: have no idea what it was originally made
: for, but it was not this watch head-so what!
: It truly makes sense to add a bracelet to
: the watch before offering it for sale.
: Regarding the statement that "I guess
: you really have to read the description
: carefully at eBay", I would suggest
: that if you are planning to spend $1000+ on
: a watch, you should read the description
: carefully, anywhere!

: I guess that my biggest beef here is that while
: folks here have gone so far as to question
: the character of Hans, no one went to the
: trouble to ask the seller (me) any of these
: questions. Does this indicate that a lot of
: folks here would rather bitch and moan,
: instead of getting to the facts? If there
: was something unclear in my description, a
: simple question would have given me the
: opportunity to clarify it during the
: auction. That would have better served the
: Heuer collecting community, instead of
: pointing fingers, and bemoaning the eBay
: community.

: Ed Tilley