1950s Heuer 'Pre Carrera' Chronograph Ref. 404 Retailed by Baylor

Why This Watch Matters Heuer chronographs from the 1950s are special on their own, add in Zales provenance and super crisp condition and you have something to write home about. The Full Story Heuer has had a long, rich history of tool watch production. Whether it's stopwatches or chronographs, this company knows what it takes to time events. Heuer began offering two and three register chronographs in the 1930s and early 1940s respectively. Both models were offered in a few varieties; with black or white dials, lume or non-lume, waterproof screw-back or snap casebacks, stainless steel or gold cases. In the years leading up to the Carrera's introduction to the watch world in 1963, Heuer used their current production two and three register chronographs, the watches that would eventually become Carreras essentially, to prototype the named model line. Collectors and researchers have begun to refer to these 1950s and 60s Heuers as "Pre-Carreras" as a result. One of the more underappreciated