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"Orange Boy" -- Seven Years and Three Days Ago
In Response To: So Now, Everything is an "Orange Boy" ()

I am highly confident that Alex Peters was the first to call an Autavia an "Orange Boy" . . . seems that it was seven years and three days ago --

http://chronocentric.com/forums/heuer/index.cgi?page=1;md=read;id=17000

A belated happy anniversary to this Autavia, Reference 1163, with a black dial, white registers, brushed steel hands and orange accents on the dial and hands. And let's not forget the burnt orange chrono needles!!

Jeff

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: So now, it seems that any Autavia with any orange accents is an
: "Orange Boy".

: http://www.ebay.com/itm/291131036149

: Unfortunate, but perhaps unavoidable in the world of these
: nicknames. The real "Orange Boys" sell for big money,
: so now everyone lists their Autavias as "Orange Boys".

: Jeff

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