: I was in England as a young lad in 1976. My
: uncle gave me a watch. I knew it was
: something special, but really didn't know
: much about it. Wore it for a few years -
: shouldn't have let a 12 year old have one of
: these. Had to get it fixed a number of
: times, then finally gave up on it.

: I didn't throw it away, but no matter where I
: moved to, I would put it in the back of some
: drawer in the house.

: In January of this year I was glancing through
: a magazine. An article on vintage watches
: caught my eye. Sure enough, one of the
: pictured watches was mine.

: I dug through my drawer and pulled out my
: watch. It wasn't working so I took it to our
: local authorized Heuer dealership. Of
: course, they couldn't do anything with it,
: but did send it to Switzerland.

: Well, I just got my watch back last week. It
: now has a new crystal, some new hands, new
: luminescence and various other parts (Heuer
: sent all the used parts back). Heuer did a
: complete overhaul to it (at a cost of
: $875Cdn).

: I am now the proud (new) owner of a vintage
: Heuer Autavia GMT. After looking around at
: this site, I think it's a later model 2446
: (???).

: As soon as I figure out how to take very close
: pics with my digital I'll post a picture.

Paul, That's a Great Story. Email me the snap and I'll host it for you if you'd like.

You might also enjoy the story posted at the link below, and I have some very interesting news about _that_ story I hope to share soon...

-- Chuck