Horological Meandering

Heuer history and productions over the 60s and upward are closely linked to race cars, Ferrari, Steve McQueen and many others sports/race cars symbols of the same era. This often shadows Heuer was a preferred timing devices provider for many others sports...  

.. I would fall in love with it, too, honestly. Great find and collection. I was a big fan of JPS Lotus team.... long, long time ago... Ken

Thanks for sharing. vte

And one version I would have been very glad to discover, when it was still possible. This blend of colors, and the idea behind the watch make it very, highly desirable. Uber cool Chrono, my friend. Thanks for introducing it to us! Best, Nicolas

thanks for making me discover this very special watch

This watch, its legacy and the way you "dressed" it (nato strap) make it great. Thanks for the review Laurent. Mark

showing Colin Chapman, Jochen Rindt and his wife Nina is ....absolutely a "Must Keep" Good on you Noodia for this. On the, darker, well maybe greyish side, I do not like at all the adds from "Tag Heuer" implying that they were there from 1860... this is "... 

Thank you François for your enthusiastic comments. The photo is a fairly recent find brought by a good friend some months ago. He's been offered a Motorsport book where this photo was featured, it's been posted right away for sharing, a nice find leading ...  

Jochen Rindt was one of my "idol" when he was racing he even won the F1 championship postumously. I was also a great admirer of Colin Chapman, a genius in aerodynamics with his famous Lotus and the down force they could create. As for TAGHeuer and their l... 

On Jochen Rindt and Colin Chapman without to speak about this funny drinking philosophy which reminds me such nice memories of youth ! L

Didn't know about this one and the watch is beautiful. S

looking forward your future Heuer reviews eagerly Sincerely Damjan

Thank you for your comments. I've chased this one many years before being able to find one. First one spotted was featured over Nic Green's website, a well known British vintage Heuer dealer called HeuerBoy. Some years later I've met Nic at a GTG, first t...  

Nic Green's one and the sample shown in the Tag Heuer museum ...  

NOS PVD Monaco? always a pleasure to see that rare bird :-) S

Well spotted, Nic Green has an amazing collection, it took me some weeks to get back to a normal sleep after this particular GTG

Totally cool, with or without Mr. Chapman. I love it, Don

Thanks Noodia for the education and a glimpse of a rarity ! May I ask the reason and rationale for the color scheme, if any ? Thanks again for a wonderful write up.

To the best of my knowledge, there's no other reason than readability considering these crucial 15 mn prior to the start of a sailboat race for the Skipper where the whole team is excited and busy to get started at its best. But this is a very unusual col...  

and fantastic post!!! thanks Matt

Thanks for sharing! :)

noodia, Thank you for the history. I am surprised how few crew members were needed for boats of Americas Cup of that era. The Skiperera is a nice name. Regards, MTF

i have only seen it in pics on the web. i didnt realise how scarce they were, but its entirely possible a lot of them got soaked during the yacht racing. as always Laurent you have found a superb example to go with all your other superb Heuers. Enjoy Grah... 

I show your pics to many seasoned Heuer collectors during our weekly GTG and not a single one knew this Skipper. Congratulations for this rarity. Cheers, Nilo

to a mesmerising watch. I have to say having seen it, it lights a desirable fire. ...  

Thanks Laurent, very nice portrait of a very cool watch. The Skipper are grails, esp. the 1564 and 15640 and of course the outstanding Skipperera and the 7764. The dial of that is more asymmetric and not as beautiful as the Skippereras Dial. But also a ki...  

For additional kind comments. Scarcity is an obvious plus for this one but to me the attraction is mainly due the the combination of this whooping dial/sweep hand with the ultimately classic/chic 60s Carrera case. Heuerchrono, The 1564 although quite diff...  

Hi Laurent, of course I will greet Holger! He enjoys the Skipper much I think I like the blue dials more then the last 15640 black ones... so I got a 15640 blue too. All the best Henrik ...  

... to read your posts and look at your pictures, Laurent. I missed that one this summer. So your 7764 is gone !... Hopefully I know where your CP 765 is, and she feels quite well !!! You may see pictures of it on a coming post on FAM this month. All the ... 

Thank you Jean-Marie for your kind comments. Our face to face lunch remains one of the very best collectors meeting I've been lucky to be part of. I'll be glad to meet again and this time, I'll be the one who will listen to your other passion I merely kno...