News18 Oct 2006 01:15 pm by nic
No doubt an oddity as well as a rarity, this 1978 Heuer Ford Chronosplit RS Motorsport is worth more than some new cars.
Featuring a Ford logo on its upper panel and with incredibly visible forward battery chambers that require a special tool to open them, it’s difficult to grasp just how futuristic this technology was in 1978.
But it was futuristic enough that there’s barely any left in full working order. In fact, this fully-functioning specimen, complete with original brochure, box and (thankfully) battery replacing tool is worth a cool £3800 (that’s around US$7000).
1978 Heuer Ford Chronosplit RS Motorsport [via Cool Hunting]
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January 20th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
Hi there,
thanks for your article about the 1978 Heuer Ford Chronosplit RS Motorsport.
Well, I am collecting 70s watches since 5 years and of course know about all those very scarce watches which I am hunting since then. The Heuer Ford I never got a chance even to see one for sale in all those years until I read yours and Mitch Greenblatts article…. the more I was extremely excited finding that very rare timepiece on Ebay January 5!!! Believe it or not: it was on Ebay for 10 days Art.No.110075938874…some bidders ( about 20) were bidding, I put my highest bid at EUR 2.000,00 and got it for just EUR 635,00! What a lucky day!!!
That is for me Sporting Life!!! Never give up, one day you’ll find it!
Keep up your great site, I dig it!
Best regards,
Mike Brinckman from Hamburg, Germany
February 13th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Hi Mike,
ich hab n bisserl mitgeboten bei der Auktion, aber nicht allzu weit, weil ich hab ja schon eine … Da hast Du noch mal Glück gehabt!
Hast Du irgendwelche weitere Infos über die Uhr? Ich bin ewig auf der Suche, hab aber bis jetzt nicht viel in erfahrung bringen können… Schade!
Ich weiß nicht, ob Dir der Verkäufer die Kopie der Bedienugsanleitung, die ich ihm geschickt habe, mitgegeben hat, falls nicht, melde Dich, dann kriegste die direkt von mir. Und ne Kopie von der Anzeige in der ams gleich mit!
Viele Grüße,
Helmet