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: It's difficult to look back, and summarize a
: year of collecting in a quick message, but
: I'll try to give an overview and mention
: some highlights.
: On the plus / additions side, I am happy to
: have added the following to the collection
: of Heuers:
: a Chronomatic Monaco, which I will take
: whenever the opportunity presents itself
: a Black PVD Monaco
: the earliest Autavia chronograph that I have
: seen
: a "grail" Carrera (white dial with
: black registers)
: a "grail" Poor Man's Carrera 12 Dato
: (by Zodiac)
: a Dugena version of the three-register, manual
: "Siffert" AUtavia
: two of my favorites -- three-register
: Abercrombie chronographs [one of which still
: rests on the watchmaker's bench . . . oh,
: well!]
:
: As satisfying as these physical additions to
: the collection may be, I am as happy to have
: leanred much about the history of the
: Chronomatics and the PVD Monacos. I will be
: publishing some of the information in the
: near future.
: Beyond the Heuers, I added:
: the very rare Breitling Chrono-Matic GMT, a
: worthy companion to the Autavia GMTs
: my first two Rolexes, an early Explorer (6610)
: and a Bubbleback (2940) [if you can get past
: the "attitude" of so many of the
: Rolex collectors, they really are good
: watches]
: a handful of automatic watches from the 1950's
: [the Polerouters are 10% the price of the
: Rolexes, and give good bang for the buck]
: my first new watch, the Guinand Buren 12
: Chronomatic, which arrived the last week of
: the year
:
: On the deletions / sales / trades, I am proud
: of myself for having parted with
: approximately eight watches. I had planned
: to cycle through a few more, in order to
: fund the additions, but we all learn that it
: is so much more difficult selling or trading
: our watches, than it is buying them.
: I will take the same oath now as I took one
: year ago: to consolidate the collection over
: the next year, only adding watches that
: improve the collection and finding new homes
: that the ones that don't.
: Thanks to everyone here at Chronocentric /
: OnTheDash for a fantastic 2007, and here's
: to an even better 2008!!
: Jeff
: [Each thumbnail in the image below is a
: "live" link that will take you to
: additional photos of the thumbnail watch. If
: you are unable to see the thumbnails in the
: frame below, you can use the link, at the
: bottom of this message.]
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Nice presentation . . . and we'll forgive the Rolexes. The Bubbleback is the vacation souvenir?
The Polerouter is a great find and is growing on me the more I see it.
Sam
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