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Awesome, David! yourock.gif
Cal. 12?
yep, cal 12. A quick story about this watch. My dad bought this in 1973 in New Orleans. He was an engineer with Exxon and the slide rule bezel was almost like a James Bond thing back then. Anyhow, he wore it for about 5 years, then fell victim to the quartz revolution. Dad never was a WIS and still wears the same gold tone Pulsar quartz with the little aluminum calendars that you slide on the band. I swear, I didn't think you could even find those things anymore. When one quartz dies, he buys another just like it. Anyhow, I was at home Xmas before last and was digging through his desk looking for a pen. I find this Heuer and remembered it from when I was a kid. I look at the dial and see Heuer (not TAG Heuer mind you) and almost fell out. "Dad, do you know what this is?" My dad replies, "you LIKE that ugly thing, it's yours". Man ... he shoots, he scores. I wound it up and it ran fine. Later that year I sent it in for a new crystal, 2 new pushers and a complete overhaul. It runs about + or - 2 seconds a week now. I gotta dig through the old desk more often. As a bonus, the old fart still had the original papers and the manual that shows you how to work a slide rule. Dad doesn't throw away anything. ~ David
Last edited on Tue Jan 6th, 2009 08:10 pm by