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HEUER SKIPPER OVERVIEW
Heuer Skipper 7754
The SkipperreraThe very first Skipper.
Carrera 7753 case.
Built only in 1968.
The green, the blue!
The GRAIL.
Heuer Skipper 7764
Autavia SkipperThe coolest Skipper.
Autavia 7763 compressor case.
Built only in 1969.
Classic beauty.
Autavia Skipper.
Heuer Skipper 73464 1st
Manual SkipperDial beauty Skipper.
Manual wind, plexi,
Wonderful blue.
Balanced dial.
Bright orange details.
Heuer Skipper 73464 2nd
Manual SkipperAnother case.
Different case and
different order of colors
on countdown to the 1st exec.
Rare. Cool.
Heuer Skipper 1564
The Automatic SkipperCal15, plexi.
1563 case
Plexi.
The automatic and lightweight
beauty Skipper.
Heuer Skipper 15640 blue
The Mineral Glass Skippermineral.
15630 case
Mineral glass.
First 11630 Autavia line
Skipper.
Heuer Skipper 15640 black
The Black Skipperblack dial.
15630 case
Mineral glass.
Black gilt dial.
Rare in the 11630
Autavia line cases.
Heuer Skipper black late
The Late Black Skipperblack dial.
15063 case
Bezel inner ring.
Mineral glass.
Black gilt dial.
Last Skipper made by Heuer.
Leonidas Easy-Rider 1st
The Leonidas Skippergreen-blue-white
fibreglass case
plexi
EB 8420 modified mvt.
Leonidas Easy-Rider 2nd
The Leonidas Skipperwhite-blue-red
white-blue-red regatta register
fibreglass case
plexi
EB 8420 modified mvt.
Uber Rare Gallet Black Yachting Dial is missing on shipping to UK
credit: t_chrobar IG Please have an eye for this lost dial if it pops up somewhere and let our friend Thien (IG t_chrobar | mail t@chrobar.com) know when you see it and you will receive an REWARD! It is too rare to be sold again. There are only a handful of watches with a black yachting dial made by Gallet, you can see the execution [...]
Nivada Grenchen Chronomaster Yachting
credit: moonwatchonly.com from the book Chronomaster only Yes, they are rare, less then 20 pieces are known till now. Inside works always a Valjoux 23. […]
Abel, we have to rescue a Skipper!
There are two opinions in handle a rough weared vintage watch – leave it as it is: full weared with broken glass, round smoothed edges on the case and crumbled lumen on the hands and dial or do a full case refurbish and some cosmetical operations with care to fix the state and have a well looking vintage watch. Of course that depends on the condition and [...]
Homage interpretation of a Seafarer 2446
What you can do if you adore an unicorn watch you will never find? One possibility is shown here. In this case there were some original parts: original movement and tidal disk and hands. The case is a modified from LeJour v72. Basically Heuer and Yema cases are interchangeable with bezels as well, it seems they were made by the same casemaker. (need to be researched, possible [...]
Another fan of yachting watches show a table full of nice gems
credit: subsea57 Some hard to find and nice ones are here to see - LeJour Croisiere SUPER two times!, the Yema Yachtingraf Croisiere, the rare Nivada Grenchen Yachting, Thermidor "Yachtingraf"-Lookalike, very nice Skippper 73464 and the rare 1564 Skipper and two nice ones with Regatta dial and knots inner bezel. And a Monnat 😉 But these are not the only ones... More to see in [...]
Color segment subdials for using as regatta / yachting watches
In the 60s and 70s were produced loads of watches for multipurposes - including colored segments on the right subdial for showing 5/10/15 minutes which are necessairy to use the watch for a regatta start. Which brands did yachtings and regatta watches? A LOT! Read here a little post about these watches. But - it´s just a start... 😉
The “Kevin Collection” of vintage yachting watches – big WOW!
New add of a really outstanding collection: the "Kevin Collection" shows vintage yachting watches from Heuer, Yema and other brands. Worth to have a look here! Fabulous Groupshot.
Jacques Monnat with Yema look-a-like subdial. Whats that?
Last months we can see on ebay and social media some selling these called “NOS” Jacques Monnat with a yachting look-a-like yema subdial. They looks quite cool and nice. But what are these watches? Look twice before buy?! […]
Kelek – the other Seaboard Yacht
As known from the site about the Seaboard-Yacht series there is the Kelek with the labeled dial “Champ Europe 5.5 JI Neuchatel 1968”. This one above was found in Switzerland. Last week there was another one auctioned in UK and fortunately with a nice story behind, you can read here. Update 12/2017 of finding another one – but thats not really good news… […]
Another nice collection of yachting watches
There is another cool guy being influenced 😉 Well done, mate! Love all of them, the Carrera 1153 SN is one of the most rare and nice of the later Carreras. credit: @livelargelivefast Check out some more from the collection here!
Buyers beware on this Memosails… better have a closer look before buy!
Memosail Regatta Mens Chronograph Valjoux 7737 Rare 38mm Yachting Watch It hurts my eyes to see this re-plated and glossy cases. The dials and hands looks very good but these cases are never came glossy like that. You can have a look here how they should be. So well - if you are a glossy case fan... you can do it. If you like genuine [...]
Tissot Yachting (blue segment watches) overview
Have a look at the started Tissot Yachting Overview! It´s all about the Yachting Tissots with the blue segment on the subdial. (later will add Lemania 1341/1345 etc.)
Buyers beware on this two Skipper… better have a closer look before buy!
Two questionable Skippers on the market right now, maybe you want to have a closer look. First will come on Watches of knightsbridge in September, 16th. “A RARE GENTLEMAN’S STAINLESS STEEL HEUER SKIPPER CHRONOGRAPH WRIST WATCH CIRCA 1972, REF. 73464” credit: Watches of knightsbridge Personal opinion: Yes, kind of rare with a test dial. Or how WoK says: “WITH VERY RARE OVER PAINTED HEUER SHIELD DIAL” [...]
Beautiful Skipper 73464 – used by a German Champion Yachtsman for over 40 years!
What a provenance! This nice Heuer Skipper 73464 belongs to a real Worldchampion: Uwe Mares. He bought the Skipper himself in Switzerland in 1972/73 (he didn´t remember exact) and after that he weared the Skipper on countless Regattas in olympic classes all over the world. […]
Hodinkee Skipper – interview with Louis Westphalen to get some more details
The new Skipper Limited Edition from TAG Heuer and Hodinkee – some more informations from an interview with Louis Westphalen from Hodinkee, the project man behind this Skipper. Story short again: It was the 21 of June 2017, the message runs through the world like a flash – in the break in the middle of a Christies auction with some nice Heuer [...]
Beautiful pic of an outstanding collection
credit: thien_chrobar What we have here? Heuer Regatta - Heuer Skipper 7764 - Lemania Regatta - Hodinkee Skipper Date Yema Yachtingraf 7730 - Heuer Skipper 15640 black late - Yema Yachtingraf Regate jumbo "straight lugs" Gallet Yachting - Gallet Yachting black Crazy collection that is not easy to bring together. Congrats on this colorful and rare collection! See more pics here!