Vintage eBay win has me stoked!

[pacifichrono]

I've always regretted selling my 1976 Heuer Daytona 6-8 years ago to finance other watches. When I saw a Heuer Calculator (drool) up for auction by one of my favorite eBay sellers, I watched it carefully. With six hours to go it was barely over $1,000.00. I knew it would ramp up a lot so I logged my $2,075.00 max bid with eSnipe and they triggered it with five seconds remaining in the auction. I snagged it for $2,047.00 - - just $28.00 below my max! Sometimes you're lucky and sometimes you're not.

This mid-1970s Heuer Calculator is in near-mint condition. The bezel is 46mm and it's equipped with Heuer's famous Calibre 12 automatic chronograph.

See why I'm stoked?!!!

[SCM64]

When I saw it was you, I was glad to be the first to see it. WOW! I can't say anything else.

[pacifichrono]

When I saw it was you, I was glad to be the first to see it. WOW! I can't say anything else.

Thanks Steven!

[deepcdvr]

+1 ON WOW!!

Big congrats.. that is a real beauty!

[matt.wu]

Congrats! Another fine addition to your excellent vintage collection.

[polaco23]

i was watching that one as well, looks like in fantastic shape!

I dont understand how it is automatic as i dont see a rotor?

congrats on a true gem! cant wait till the snak see's this.....

[cali kid]

Watch is hot Tom, and it's in such great shape!! Nice score!

[pacifichrono]

i was watching that one as well, looks like in fantastic shape!

I dont understand how it is automatic as i dont see a rotor?

congrats on a true gem! cant wait till the snak see's this.....

The movement incorporates a microrotor that is positioned beneath instead of above the movement. Here's an "exploded" view of the precursor Calibre 11, where you can see the microrotor below. The Calibre 11 was a late 1960s collaborative design coup that used the microrotor automatic from Buren-Hamilton (at bottom).

[Diaboliq]

WOW! Supercool. CONGRATS!

[River Rat]

Is the the one I saw on Ebay.Nice

[jimyritz]

Congratulations--very cool watch...

Mike

[ezcheese]

Sweet!

[vbuskirk]

amazing

[rousp]

Really nice!

[polaco23]

i like it even more now that i know it has a hidden microrotor!

what a find!

[River Rat]

I just reread this thread and that movement is just interesting.How many other auto-matic movements use the hidden rotor?

[moishlashen]

Damn howd I miss this. Those movement pics and drawings are freakin cool as hell. Be sweet to have a poster of that movement.

Sweet piece.