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August 29, 2020
Pictures of Hollywood legend wearing a classic Carrera would often turn up in forums etc, great shots of James in the Rockford Files with this iconic chronograph were shared on the net in various forums with a mystery line of text which could not be deciphered.
One day I tweeted a great picture of James and the watch and was delighted to get a “like” by Gigi Garner, James’ daughter, so after a couple of messages followed by a phone call I was so excited that Gigi said she had a her Dad’s watch and the mystery text turned out to be his name. The next thing to do was get David from the brilliant calibre11.com to tell the story.
We will have some more news to follow- keep watching the site for clues!
www.calibre11.com/the-story-of-james-garners-heuer-carrera-3647n/
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June 4, 2025
03/06/2025 Personal-tailoring expert Jeremy from Rhodes Wood visits Bowcliffe Hall to chat watches with our director Jonathan. The two friends catch up to discuss a love of vintage watches,the evolution of watches, collecting and how an accessory can express personality […]
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November 4, 2022
In 2000 FHM magazine ran a series of articles about unusual collections and collectors. They contacted myself because for some time, while working in a retail jewellers, I decided to look for and collect Heuer watches. Nobody displayed the slightest bit of interest in what were then dismissed as “second hand Tags”.
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