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The Vintage Heuer price guide aims to join my passion and research into vintage Heuer watches with experience I gained during my old career valuing the UK prestige car marketplace for a pan European company. This role saw me test, review, research and value thousands of cars, and over 60,000 lines of data per month and is a skill set that is well matched to research and calculate "guide" figures for vintage watches. 


The guide uses a variety of condition adjustments and a retail/dealer and trade/private sale band to supply the range of values on each model. These "guide" band figures allow for a degree of flexibility which is needed when valuing anything, whether it be cars, watches or property as values for near identical items are rarely exactly the same. The variances include, location, desire of seller to sell, purchaser to buy, precise condition of item, prevailing market forces, history of the watch, sellers reputation etc etc. The quoted values aim to show an average of the prior 12 months, although on very rare pieces this is not always possible. 


The prices in this guide are an opinion based upon market data from a variety of sources, retail sales, private collector sales, and from eBay data, plus linking of models where there is low data. The guide aims to provide a realistic range, that you could reasonably expect to be able to buy for, within the remit described. Please note: Some very rare and valuable grail models are xxxxx due to supply being too low to accurately value. It is not a top end auction guide (where occasionally unique outlier prices can be achieved for a variety of reasons) but an aggregate figure of all sales types. Values are for "head only", extras should be added and are in GBP, updated continuously in real time (with market updates on the blog in May & November).

How To Use Heuer Price Guide

Price Band - Left column Trade/Private prices, right column Dealer/Retail. All prices in GBP£

New Old Stock - Above highest quoted values. Condition as originally sold, perfect dial with only very minor storage marks on case. Extremely rare to find in this condition.

Perfect Patina - Whilst having no category of their own, the most beautiful and desirable watches can also have perfect patina (ghost bezels without scratches or perfect - very - tropical dials without marks etc). Such watches can achieve at least good or even mint condition pricing but must be outstanding examples.

Mint Condition - All original watch with only small amounts of wear all over. Running correctly. This represents less than 5% of the market so be careful as many sellers will describe their watch as "mint" when it is more likely "good" condition.

Good Condition - All original watch with some "normal" but light wear, on case/bezel and some small patina/marks on the dial. Running correctly but possibly in need of a service. Polished cases tolerated only if professionally done, with original sharp bevelled edges intact.

Average Condition - Watches that show their long life as a tool watches, imperfect dials, service parts, worn case/bezel with some dings, polished cases which no longer have their sharp bevelled edge. Possibly in need of a service. This condition is the most prevalent in the market.

Poor Condition - Below lowest quoted values. Dials in very poor shape, with badly damaged surface, markers, text etc, or cases/bezels badly damaged or over polished. Mechanically in poor condition.

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