Advice for starter collector Posted By: Carl S. Date: 3/7/06 07:11 GMT

I have one 90's Tag Heuer, and would like to find a vintage Heuer chronograph from the 60's or 70's. There are a lot of fine examples in the photos from previous posts on the board, and I'm looking for advice on finding a nice watch of my own.

Do you find them at jewelers or ebay?? I've heard watch shows are a good place to find them, but not having any luck finding them online.

Here are a couple of articles you can read to get an idea of where to start:

Seeking a Moonwatch for my ... Written by myself. Don't let the "moonwatch" bit in the title throw you, most of the information there is applicable to Heuer's or any vintage watch as well... An Old article, largely un-updated, but it's weathered time well and is still a good starting point.

Jeff Stein and myself have teamed to write an expanding series of articles about collecting watches with Ralf Bienenz contributing many of his outstanding photographs:

• Collecting 101 -- A Primer for Watch Collectors -- An introduction to watch collecting, published in International Watch, February 2005. Available in HTML or PDF
• Collecting 110 -- How to Buy a Watch (Part One) -- Practical advice on how to do background research, find watches, ask seller the tough questions, etc., published in International Watch, June 2005. Available in HTML or PDF
• Collecting 110 -- How to Buy a Watch (Part Two) -- We complete the purchase, with advice on determining value, making the bid, paying for the watch and arranging for shipment; published in International Watch, September 2005. Available in HTML or PDF
• Collecting 120 -- How to Sell a Watch (Part One) -- In this article, we discuss the collector's "Unspeakable Act" -- selling a watch. We help with such issues are determining whether to sell, selecting the market in which you will sell, describing your watch, preparing the watch and taking the photographs that will support your effort. Available in HTML and PDF

• Also I provide a list of watch collecting related links on my website which include dealer links, informational website links, and even canned eBay search links. It exists to serve me, and I do realize that many of the links are broken -so little time to fix them-, but if it serves others, that's great too!

Any suggestions, advice, hints are most appreciated.

I hope this is helpful!