First of all, as the proud owner of the below pictured device, I now finally feel like part of the club.

Now for the sad story. I went to an NAWCC (National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors) event on Friday. The event started with a parking lot swap meed at 7:00 am. I went down to the hotel lobby to get a cup of coffee at 6:30 and saw a young friend of mine walking out the door on his way to the swap meet. I yelled after him that I would see him at about 7:30 (late) because I had some emails to answer for work. When I finally got to the parking my young friend walked up and said, "you are a Heuer nut aren't you John?" "Look at what I just bought for $50.00." Well, to make a long story short....I am now the proud owner of this nice Super Autavia but I had to pay him a lot more than 50 bucks. The early bird truly does catch the worm.

JohnCote