Miguel:

Thank you for this posting, which is so interesting. I will want to give it some additional thought, but you have definitely made the case for red being the color that is representative of the 1980s.

Now, let's put you on the spot -- What are the representative colors for the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s? You see, many collectors are waiting in the wings, trying to determine when to pounce on one of these decade-inspired Monacos!!

Jeff

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: When someone tells us to "put on your red shoes and dance the
: blues", like David Bowie did in 1983, we have to pay
: attention, hehe. And of course we did pay lots of attention to
: Pamela Anderson's red swimsuit on Baywatch, right? Looking at
: those mosaics we assembled at Espiral do Tempo, I feel I should
: have included the 1984 Ferrari Testa Rossa that was a big thing
: back then. But yes, looking back and trying to compare I feel
: there were more red references from the 80s than on other
: decades -- or maybe those reference stuck with me better because
: of my formative years (I went from 13 to 23)...

: Anyway, for you americans not as familiar with soccer, I also
: included the great Liverpool FC team led by Kenny Dalglish and
: Graeme Souness plus (a wink to my countrymen) the Portuguese
: national team from 1984 that was a few minutes away from the
: final of the European championships that year.

: Regarding the red watches that matter, I wish I could get a Monaco
: '1979-1989 Limited Edition'. In Heuer/TAG Heuer history, of
: course the red Silverstone stands out... both the 70s original
: and the piece unique reedition with Jack Heuer's autograph sold
: at the Haslinger Auction in London, back in 2010.

: I've always been fascinated by the red blood/burgundy/bordeaux
: color. Partly because the U2 album 'Under a Red Blood Sky, also
: from the 80s (and I realise now I forgot to include reference on
: the mosaic!) had a major influence on my youth but also because
: of the red blood jersey of a legendary Portuguese national
: soccer team, the one led by Eusebio to the third place of the
: 1966 World Cup that captured the imagination of those that were
: even born after that (like me). Exactly 50 years later,
: Cristiano Ronaldo led Portugal to the title at the European
: Championship in 2016, dressing red shirts with burgundy sleeves.

: In that year (2016) I began telling people in the industry that I
: would love to see a gradient burgundy dial because of the
: beautiful hue it is and its vintage-y aura. I sent an e-mail to
: the Oris CEO stating so -- I was glas to see Oris come up with a
: burgundy dial on the Divers Sixty-Five Red Bar Group edition a
: couple of years ago. My challenge was accepted by my friend
: Daniel Dreifuss from Maurice de Mauriac, who came up with a L2
: Diver Deep Red timepiece with that gradient dial that I had
: imagined; I tell the story here, on this article 'Under a Red
: Blood Dial':
: https://mauricedemauriac.ch/en/under-a-red-blood-dial/

: And this year red exploded as THE COLOR of the moment in
: watchmaking, after the blue and the green. Oris introduced the
: Big Crown Pointer Date Red, Chopard the Mille Miglia Zonda
: chronograph and there are many more examples... the
: Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso 'Lie de Vin', even Leica came up with a
: red dial for one of the first mechanical watches under its
: label. The TAG Heuer Monaco '1979-1989 Limited Edition' is the
: latest to confirm that trend!

: Cheers

: Miguel

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