As some of you know I was recently elected to the board of directors of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors. I am in Dallas now at a board meeting which precedes our National Convention. The biggest part of the National is a huge watch and clock mart with over 1,000 mart tables full of watches and clocks. Before our show an organization you may know called World Wide Traders (WWT) put on a mart with about 200 tables of mostly watches and mostly wrist watches. I visited this mart yesterday.

I can tell you that the population of good Heuer watches at this mart was almost non existent. I have always managed to buy Heuers at this mart in the past. At this mart there were a few beat up 40's and 50's Heuers and a few of the not much desired late '70s and early '80s heuers. There were a few Calculators. There was not much of a trace of Autavias or Carreras. I asked some of knowledgeable dealers I know about this and I got the impression they were afraid to sell right now. They don't want to sell unless they get the ridiculous prices they see at auctions and they think the up-swing is not over. Some of them say they Heuers are on their websites or on eBay at BIN.

I will let you know how it goes at our bigger mart. I am sure some treasure will be found. Some people who don't follow the market will bring a Heuer or two....but the days of easy pickin's seems to be well over.

JohnCote