Mechanical Stopwatches

[GC8]

Does anyone have an interest in, or collect them?

I started with Heuer, although I have a few Breitlings now too.

[white90]

I have a Nice 30sec dial Heuer picked up some years ago

Edited by white90 on Sunday 30th October 23:26

[GC8]

If you like Heuer chronographs then its not too hard to find out about them, but Heuer stopwatches are a different matter altogether.

Stange seeing that Heuers range of stopwatches and timers dwarfs its wristwatch range...

[Paul S4]

You may find this interesting....




This is an original 1960's 'Yacht Timer' which was used to count down the 5 minute start to a race.

[GC8]

Ive bid on a couple on eBay, but someone else has always wanted them a little bit more than me...

[Paul S4]

The photo does not do the Yacht Timer justice really !

The acrylic 'crystal' does need a polish, but apart from that it is in mint condition. It has the rather flimsy woven nylon mesh wrist strap to enable the wearer to put it on the wrist...but it is quite heavy to be worn !

It belongs to my uncle who bought it new in the 60/early 70's ( not sure about that date ) but he rarely used it and it was in freshwater only ( The Lakes ).

It is of very limited use to me, so I have been tempted to sell it...

The prices currently seem to be way above what it is actually 'worth', but I would have to get his permission. I have seen them advertised for about £800 which seems quite a lot, but that would seem to be the market I guess.

I can post some better pics if anyone is interested.