Heuer Mareographe Archives

Mareographe 2443 reference mystery solved – it´s a 2447 SF! Confirmed!

Mareographe 2443 reference mystery solved - it´s a 2447 SF! Confirmed! It's a crazy coincidence that my friend Shaun shared a post of a Seafarer 2443 2nd exec on Instagram in the last few days and again said ‘Heuer Seafarer produced for Abercrombie & Fitch in the 1950s. Often referred to as a 2443 ref I am not sure about that as the 2443 had square pushers; it is the 2447 with round pushers as shown in the 1945 catalogue which can be seen on the onthedash website. Perhaps people don't use the 2447 name as it's confusing with the [...]

Mareographe 2443 reference mystery solved – it´s a 2447 SF! Confirmed!

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. We have here a homage interpretation of a Seafarer 2446! 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 HF, but no record of later casemaker for Heuer since no stamping inside the caseback but in that period there were only few casemakers [...]

Homage interpretation of a Seafarer 2446

So – what is a Heuer Skipper? And why we need Yachting or Regatta watches?

Yachting Watches? Regatta Watches? What? As I’m asked this time and again – what are yachting watches for? Is there a difference between them and regatta watches? Yachting watches – or regatta watches, as there’s no difference – are essential for sailors to ensure they get off to the best possible start in a regatta. There are a wide variety of regatta rules, which have changed over the years and can even vary from club to club. But in principle, this is how it works: There is an imaginary line on the water, usually marked [...]

So – what is a Heuer Skipper? And why we need Yachting or Regatta watches?