[Jason36]

I don't own a Tag. All my vintage Heues are pre-Tag.

I started the watch hobby collecting vintage, pre-TAG Heuers. Then I bought a few other vintage watches like my Omega's. Then I found Christopher Ward and a few others.

It's not a big thing, but collectors of vintage Heuers like to differentiate between TAG Heuer and pre-TAG Heuers.:wink_face:  

It's like owing a Jaguar and a pre-Ford Jaguar. 

Mr Rick is quite right.....there is a big difference between owning an original Heuer and a Tag......personally I love the vintage Heuer's and would love to add a couple of them to my collection. The closest I got was a re-issue Heuer which to all intents and purposes is really still a Tag.

I must admit I am quite excited at my Carrera Automatic arrriving on Monday.....it will probably become my everyday watch for the office and I'll throw some photos up when I have managed to take some

 

[Podster]

Mr Rick is quite right.....there is a big difference between owning an original Heuer and a Tag......personally I love the vintage Heuer's and would love to add a couple of them to my collection. The closest I got was a re-issue Heuer which to all intents and purposes is really still a Tag.

I must admit I am quite excited at my Carrera Automatic arrriving on Monday.....it will probably become my everyday watch for the office and I'll throw some photos up when I have managed to take some

Ooh, you mean like this?

 

[Podster]

Or my favorite C5 (Outside the Lockheed Super Galaxy)

 

[Jason36]

Ooh, you mean like this?

Similar mate.....mines got the white face....also mines an older version and doesn't have the silver round the date window and it doesn't say calibre 5 on the face. Mine is also fitted with a black leather strap

 

[OddE]

I once owned this pre-Ford Jaguar.......................those were the days. LOL

-Yeah, rub it in... (At 6'9", the E-type is just one of those cars I simply do not fit in, much to my despair...)

 

[Podster]

-Yeah, rub it in... (At 6'9", the E-type is just one of those cars I simply do not fit in, much to my despair...)

Good lord, 6'9"! A true Norseman

 

 

[Podster]

Similar mate.....mines got the white face....also mines an older version and doesn't have the silver round the date window and it doesn't say calibre 5 on the face. Mine is also fitted with a black leather strap

Sweet J36, can't wait to see your new baby

 

[Podster]

OMG! Look what just got dropped of here at the office, was not expecting this baby until next Thursday. Seller must have appreciated that quick payment

 

[Podster]

Sorry for the cr^ppy iPhone photo but it feels so good on

 My 1st Tissot, 1st Auto and seems to be a quality piece with good heft

 

[bigfatpaulie]

Sweet!  Nice Le Loch!!  Congrats, Podster!

 

[Podster]

THX BiggieP, it's almost too nice to wear

 The darn packaging is almost as nice as any watch I already own

 LOL

 

[PalJoey]

   
Times were different in the 70's and 80's in the watch world.  With quartz watches being released mechanical watch sales were on the sharp decline and most Swiss brands would not include quartz in their lines "for tradition's sake".  For better or worse, that move almost or did bankrupt many companies.  Some were on the brink of going under and were an attractive buy for holding companies (like Heuer).  Had TAG not purchased them, they likely would have folded and not exist at all.  With the bad, comes the good.  It's all just history now

...and TAG also kept Audiolab going, allowing them to reboot with new technology when TAG/McLaren decided to pull out of hi-fi.

 

[Toxic Cables]

Valentines gift from the missus,
 
This is one watch i love the look of and will be my daily from now,
 

 

 

 

 

[Mr Rick]

  This is one watch i love the look of and will be my daily from now,
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lovely. It's keeper, and so is your wife.

 

[Toxic Cables]

Thanks Rick, 
 
Those are some beautiful watches you have, some that i would love to have if i were a collector.