I was aiming to not contribute to this thread this year but an unexpected work trip to china requiring a third country transfer took me to Hong Kong this past Friday. And since it’s what I would call the Mecca of vintage watches I went for a stroll. Lo and behold I came across a “Bubble Dial” Tudor 7016/0 in the blue snowflake configuration. I’ve listed after these for the better part of a decade but lately had resigned myself to thinking they had become unobtainium in the current US market prices. Luckily, the HK dealer had a reasonable asking price for the watch, although it was a bit of a stretch for me, I said “you only live once” and decided to take it home with me. So here’s my new to me, patinated just how I wanted it to be, 7016/0 that looks almost slate blue in the right light. While it may be further along than others may like, I love how it’s aged and the ghosting of the bezel is just lovely to me.
Disclaimer this dial is a motherf***er to photograph the dial to render how the naked eye observes the color. Damn iPhones lol
With a lovely unmolested case!
my wife bought a moonSwatch for my son...
This just in. Heuer Camaro 73643.
Been keeping my eye out for one of these for a bit. With an affinity for racing dials, I decided my collection of watches to go racing with probably needed a vintage Heuer.
Bought from the original owner who says he bought it new and wore it almost daily until the 90s at which point he had it serviced and stored it away.
It’s in wearable condition for my tastes, but for the crystal is a bit rough. I’ll see what some polywatch can do and go from there.
The dial looks pretty good but hard to get good pics through the scratched crystal.
Exteriors parts appear to be original. Case definitely not polished.
The valjoux 7736 movement seems to be running well. Chrono runs and resets fine.
The bracelet is from Tag’s 1500 Professional series, which could be explained from the watch being serviced in the 90s. From pictures I thought I wouldn’t like the bracelet, but in person it’s not bad. It may yet succumb to my OCD seeing the TAG Heuer logo on the clasp attached to a pre-TAG authentic Heuer watch head.
When the Camaro first hit my radar I was pretty quickly drawn to this reference with the exotic dial. For me, the more orange hands, the more exotic. 🤷
Since I don’t see this reference come on the market that often I pulled the trigger on this one not long after I found it, being in honest condition at a good price and with an original owner who knew what he had and was pleasant to do business with.
So first order of business will be polywatch. Second order should be a movement service, but I’m going to think about if I would consider restoring more of it sooner than later.
Congrats , that is a nice catch and will look great after a crystal polish. Member @Risto has another nice racing dial watch listed here ;
