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New Arrival -- Indianapolis Motor Speedway Autavia

I'm not good at holding off for the big announcements or developing the big surprise postings, so let me just post this "New Arrival" photo, taken earlier today.

I will write (a lot) more later, but quick facts as follows:

  • second execution screw-back case, with serial number 889xx . . . the one in the TAG Heuer Museum is a first execution screw-back case
  • one-owner watch, originally received from Tony Hulman, owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, from the 1940s into the 1970s
  • I am fairly confident that it is all original (except for the crown), with a good explanation for the fact that the hands look shorter than usual
  • case seems to have original finish, with all the wonderful marks that you might expect from being a daily wearer for something like 40 years
  • bezel looks better to the eye than it does to the camera
  • movement is super clean.

Thanks to a couple of special friends who made this acquisition possible -- one an old-time OTD friend and the other being the seller (who I met last Monday, but who now feels very much like an old-time friend . . . it's been an interesting week!!).

Thanks also to the members of our amazing community who saw this watch "in play" and respected the handshake agreement that I had with the seller.

Jeff

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