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IN-DEPTH: How The Number Three Cigarette In America Made Heuer A Household Name
“A tough year, 1971.” With these four words, Jack Heuer – then the 38-year-old President of Heuer Leonidas – opened the 1972 case study on his company by the Swiss business school IMEDE.The Heuer Time and Electronics Corp (HTEC), the American branch of the company, had enjoyed 11 consecutive years of increased sales heading into 1969. By 1970, the U.S. had become Heuer’s largest market, with $1.2 million in sales. However, 1971 was a different story. U.S. sales declined 19 percent (to $952,000) and HTEC suffered a loss of $154,000. Retailers were afraid of the chronographs.Jack Heuer Today’s collectors may imagine that, entering the 1970s, Heuer was enjoying momentum from introducing the world’s first automatic chronographs in 1969. But the IMEDE case study tells the story of a stopwatch company struggling to sell chronographs at all. Despite the introduction of the Autavias, Carreras, and Monacos, Heuer was still selling 10 times

Speedmaster without the name?
The dial of the watch on the left hand side, looks very much like a 1970s Seamaster; however, the word Seamaster is not there. It has Omega, Automatic movement, Swiss Made. I am assuming it is the 1020 movement; however, what I can not figure out is what type of watch this is. All the ones I have seen from that era, had the word Seamaster listed on the bottom half of the dial. Anyone know the model?OMEGA REPAIR LOT-SEAMASTER Cal 501-RUNS+DIALS+MOVEMENTS 1020-GOOD BAL,267-RUNS

Orbita Sparta 1 Deluxe Versus Sparta 1 Open
Hi All,I'm new to this particular forum, but I'm really liking what I'm seeing! I've been doing a fair amount of research, as I'm looking for a single watch winder for my TAG Heuer Targa Florio. I have my choice narrowed down to either the Orbita Sparta 1 Deluxe or the Sparta 1 Open. For me I am most concerned about noise level, as opposed to looks.The reason why is that the winder will be in my bedroom in an armoire. Is the Open quiet enough, or do I need the added case of the Deluxe to make it more silent? Or is the case simply overkill to an already silent winder? I haven't been able to really find any comments one way or the other.Any comments you can offer are greatly appreciated!

Over Wound??
I have left my watch at home while I was away for the week. I came home today and I saw that my watch was still running. Amazed that it was still running after 4 days I told my pops. He then broke the news that he took it out to wear it a few times. Then I thought about keeping it running, so I gave it one turn and the clicks were extremely loud. Does that just mean that my pops over wound my watch??

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