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The Third Archive

MONACO

by Speedmaster Gonzales™
Vintage Heuer chronographs, studied properly.

This desk keeps the timekeeper's paperwork. Since October 19 we have swept the open market every night for vintage Heuer chronographs — the pre-TAG watches of 1963 to 1985 — and filed every listing we could verify on its own page. Today the desk opens.

Inaugural Report · Thursday, November 5, 2026

The first board: 388 tracked

388 tracked as of the November 4 close — the desk's tracked total, not a claim about the whole market; Phillips was blocked on the last completed sweep, so coverage is stated, not implied. Fourteen references, thirteen venues, sixteen nights of verification before a single word went public.

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The Paddock

The desk’s living strip — the next filing, the board as it stands, and the season’s historic-racing dates. Rebuilt from the sweep file every time this site is.

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Report No. 2 files Thursday, November 12

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The board · November 4 close

388 tracked

Deepest bench: the Autavia 2446 — 82 listings under watch. The board’s top asking price is an Autavia 2446 at $97,798. Latest verified arrival at the gate: a Monaco 1133G, €12,600 asking, page-verified on the final pre-launch sweep.

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From the racing calendar

Daytona & Sebring

Nov 11–15 — the Classic 24 at Daytona: historic endurance cars on the banking, with a Peter Auto grid of 1962–65 GT cars in the field.
Dec 2–6 — the Classic 12 Hour at Sebring closes the historic season on the old airfield circuit.

Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) dates, as published by the sanctioning body.

The board, opening day

ReferenceTrackedMedian asking (USD)Asking range (USD)
Autavia 244682$12,789$7,500 – $97,798
Autavia 116361$6,091$1,035 – $49,000
Autavia 1163052$5,845$202 – $14,900
Carrera 244751$11,000$4,999 – $76,703
Carrera 115335$5,974$3,850 – $15,103
Monaco 113329$13,000$8,500 – $89,000
Calculator 110.63313$4,787$3,500 – $7,750
Monza 150.50112$4,839$2,800 – $7,774
Skipper 1564012$7,599$4,195 – $13,900
Monaco 7363311$7,780$6,782 – $14,212
Montreal 110.50310$4,682$3,907 – $7,190
Camaro 722010$6,552$4,356 – $8,297
Silverstone 110.3139$9,309$7,000 – $13,794
Carrera 110.2531$7,001$7,001

Asking prices as displayed by sellers, in USD rows only; a bid is never an asking price, and a listing that stops appearing is never recorded as a sale. Full method on the Methodology page.

The Library

Fourteen references under study — Carrera, Autavia, Monaco, and the named specialists. Six dossiers open the library; the rest follow as spotlights.

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The Room

Beyond the Moonwatch — one common room with three doors, shared with Speedmaster Gonzales™ and The Geneva Papers™. The introductory episode, Wound by Hand, premieres there today.

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The Founding List

Monaco, by email — free first

The weekly report and the desk's filings, by email. Founding list is open; the desk publishes on Thursdays.

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