gerget.blogg.se - Vintage calibre watches

First, the model must be extremely rare.

For purposes of this posting, a vintage Heuer chronograph is considered a “grail” if it meets three criteria. After considerable thought and some conversations with other collectors, I come up with the following definition. The definition becomes more important for purposes of this posting, however, as I am attempting to catalog the “grail” models, from the perspective of the community of vintage Heuer enthusiasts. Individual collectors talk about their personal grails, the watches (or Star Trek figures) that represent the ultimate dreams of their collecting passions. In the world of collecting, the word “grail” is often used in a personal sense.

Some describe them as being “unattainable”, so that we are left to admire them from afar. For anything that can be collected, there seem to be “grails.” Add the term “watch” to the search and we find a simple definition from Tariq Malik, writing in Esquire - “a particular rare and high value vintage piece that is hugely coveted by collectors.” Others have described the grail watches as representing the pinnacles of collecting, or the ones that keep the collectors searching, day and night. Google the term “grail collecting”, and you will find yourself reading about the rarest and most precious baseball cards, video games and Star Wars memorabilia.

Different collectors seem to use the word “grail” in different ways, with some collectors having drawers full of them and others suggesting that a real grail is unattainable. I begin with a confession – I don’t really like referring to particular watches as “grails”.