Sharing the joy ------> my Vintage Heuer photos

During the summer break i had the pleasure of bringing home some of my favourite vintage Heuers from the security box, to photograph. Its horrible to admit it but i rarely have my watches home in bulk for fear of a break in whilst i'm out. So it really was a joy to see them together and get the chance to photograph them on a fine scandanavian afternoon.
Now i dont claim to be a great photographer but i had some luck in the hit & miss black art known as photography.
The camera - a hum drum Iphone 5S , but lets not get bogged down in the details , enjoy these treasures with me

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Manual wind Monaco's - 73633 grey & blue
http://i.imgur.com/vbqfApu.jpg

Timeline of 1133 Monaco's - Chronomatic, Transitional & Production ( better known as the Steve McQueen model )
http://i.imgur.com/Q4ro8K0.jpg

Monaco heaven - paintless wonder Chronomatic & a metallic dial Transitional
http://i.imgur.com/3wL3gw7.jpg

Monaco 1533G
http://i.imgur.com/uLcUfmh.jpg

1945 - model.345
http://i.imgur.com/6MYsUVc.jpg

1st & 2nd executions of the 1962, dauphine hand screwback Autavia
http://i.imgur.com/hIV2Mmt.jpg

Montreal - now thats blue !!
http://i.imgur.com/ssFXiHC.jpg

Pasadena - PVD case
http://i.imgur.com/QN4lwTN.jpg

Here we have a load of black dial 1163 Autavias
http://i.imgur.com/v9HrJNz.jpg

A dashboard set of timers from the late 50's
http://i.imgur.com/oOXbtov.jpg


For loads more photos check out my Instagram acct under the name : go_chrono_go

Cheers - Darren

Lovely Heuers and great pics as well
A sheer delight looking at these.
May be other vintage Heuers can post theirs as well.
I confess to being lacking in this department.

The Monaco is so cool it almost hurts

Absolutely amazing collection....thanks for sharing

Absolutely brilliant, a fantastic collection. Thanks for sharing

Fantastic collection; especially impressed with the timeline of 1133 Monaco's.

Would love to own a vintage Autavia or Monaco but feel that ship has sailed with the prices commanded for a good one.

Edited to mention the dashboard clocks and mounting plate....super jealous
Thanks for posting

An absolutely fantastic collection of watches


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Superb.


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Wow - some extremely rare and desirable watches there.

I have always favoured the Carrera range, but those early autavias have a bucket load of character.

Wonderful. Those autavias are lovely

Beautiful. I love them all!

Excuse my ignorance.. what's the story with the paintless chronomatic?

Thank you.


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It's a particular batch of blue dialled monacos that had a paint fault I believe, but correct me if I'm wrong. Lovely!

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That grey 73633 with the steel band is just awesome, my favourite Monaco.

Wonderful watches! Thanks for posting

Cracking collection. I can't carry off the square cases but it is an iconic look. Any Heuer with Orange just seems such a great combo. I've only the one but it's going nowhere for now. I still regret not buying the 3647t that was in SC a year ago...
http://i.imgur.com/NwF0Ni9.jpg

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Excuse my ignorance.. what's the story with the paintless chronomatic?

Thank you.


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Mjgerrard has answered correctly above but to give a little more detail its most likely that these pre-proction Chronomatic dials were either

a./ not treated with a a form of clear top coat to hold the finish stable

Or

b./ the dial maker was still in the experimental stage of using the blue paint & was unaware it would fail at a future point.

Either way I'm blessed to own this mutant. ;-)

Great collection Darren!

I've managed to avoid being bitten by the Monaco bug (but still have an Autavia itch!). :smug:

The Monaco is a very special watch and those are especially beautiful.

I have a real soft spot for these and for square/rectangular dials in general, however I always seem to forget this when considering a new purchase, as I have none in my collection!

I'll have to remedy that with my next watch I think, however the funds are eluding me at present...

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Excuse my ignorance.. what's the story with the paintless chronomatic?

Thank you.


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As an added bonus here's my latest Instagram upload. :-)

http://i.imgur.com/n6q1U24.jpg

Cheerio - Darren

Superb examples. Just don't see these often . Many thx


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That is some collection, very nice :)

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As an added bonus here's my latest Instagram upload. :-)

http://i.imgur.com/n6q1U24.jpg

Cheerio - Darren

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That looks a bit rough,I'd still give you £100 for it though..

That's a great set of watches you have there, and it's refreshing to see the word "joy" being used rather than "future values" and "residuals".

1962 - what a year ;-)

http://i.imgur.com/ctIuxvv.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/UStUsFh.jpg

A stalwart of the Heuer community. Thanks as ever Darren.

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Very nice.

love the heuer history
love your collection

a joy indeed

Very very nice. I love the old Monacos

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1962 - what a year ;-)

http://i.imgur.com/ctIuxvv.jpg

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Darn these autavia's look good!!

Dang those bracelets are nice Darren!

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Originally Posted by Darren Cal.11/12

1962 - what a year ;-)

http://i.imgur.com/ctIuxvv.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/UStUsFh.jpg

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Wow I would love to own any of those - a lucky man and what a great collection. Well done sir


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The three autavias with the oversized sub dials are just amazing. Makes me keen on the idea of a birth year watch again (1963).

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A few more Heuer photos to share
If you care to see more then look for my daily content on Instagram under the name go_chrono_go

https://i.imgur.com/TPXc334.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/afabYwR.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/U4i8jA5.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/TxSktzJ.jpg

Great collection, beautiful watches.

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Great collection, great pictures. I love vintage Heuers.