Collection History
In the early 1970s Dugena added a line of racing chronographs alongside its everyday watches, referred to today by collectors as "Chronograph Racing": models with a design very close to that of the famous Heuer chronographs of the same period, so much so that they earned the nickname "poor man's Heuer" among enthusiasts (the Heuer chronograph for those who couldn't afford a real Heuer).
The resemblance is no coincidence: in the 1960s and '70s several German manufacturers, including Dugena, relied on case and component suppliers shared with other Swiss brands in the same segment, a common practice in the watchmaking of the era that explains the stylistic affinities between chronographs from different brands.
Reference 73321, among the best-documented examples by collectors, houses a manual-winding Valjoux 7733 chronograph movement — the same caliber also used at the time by other Swiss brands — in a chrome-plated 35.9 mm case, sought after today on the vintage watch market.
Technical Specifications
Main Executions
The nickname "poor man's Heuer" comes from the stylistic resemblance between Dugena's Racing chronographs and some Heuer models of the same period, both made with components common among Swiss suppliers of the era.