Quartz was a newish technology and the next big thing, and Heuer priced its quartz watches to match. The Verona and Carrera Twins with the LCD panel were priced at exactly the same level as their automatic chronograph equivalents, and the discount for the plain quartz watch was less than 10% of that - meaning that, in some cases, it was actually more expensive to buy the quartz watch than it had been to buy the manual chronographs before those had been stopped.

So this was significant for Heuer, and with the introduction of this watch and its Carrera equivalent, we see Heuer sowing the seeds of its current product mix.

And it's a great looking watch, so it can hold its head up high with its chronograph brothers - and a way for us collectors to get a three-hand watch that is still a classic Heuer.

As for straps, these were available on exactly the same straps that the contemporary automatic chronographs were. Which didn't include brown, but I agree that in this case it sets the two-tone case off well. Nice watch Gorch!