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Heuer. A rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch Autavia, 1st execution: "Big Subs", Ref: 2446, Circa 1962
16 October 2019, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$20,000 - US$30,000
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Heuer. A rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch
Model: Autavia, 1st execution: "Big Subs"
Reference: 2446
Date: Circa 1962
Movement: 17-jewel manual winding Valjoux 72 column wheel chronograph, signed on the bridge Ed.Heuer & Co SA, no. 457066
Dial: Black, fifth seconds ring, baton numerals (lume removed), subsidiary dials for continuous seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, polished dauphine hands with later luminous fill, red replaced sweep seconds hand
Case: Screw back with chamfered lugs, inset black 60-minute rotating bezel, signed Ed.Heuer & Co SA, no. 49505
Strap/Bracelet: Leather
Buckle/Clasp: Steel Heuer pin buckle
Signed: Case, dial and movement
Size: 39mm
Reference: 2446
Date: Circa 1962
Movement: 17-jewel manual winding Valjoux 72 column wheel chronograph, signed on the bridge Ed.Heuer & Co SA, no. 457066
Dial: Black, fifth seconds ring, baton numerals (lume removed), subsidiary dials for continuous seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, polished dauphine hands with later luminous fill, red replaced sweep seconds hand
Case: Screw back with chamfered lugs, inset black 60-minute rotating bezel, signed Ed.Heuer & Co SA, no. 49505
Strap/Bracelet: Leather
Buckle/Clasp: Steel Heuer pin buckle
Signed: Case, dial and movement
Size: 39mm
Footnotes
An example of the first execution Autavia with large subsidiary dials and second execution dauphine hands. Manufactured just before the introduction of Tritium lume, the original Radium was removed from the dial and bezel. For a comparison to no. 49506, see Crosthwaite and Gavin, Heuer Autavia Chronographs, pp 28-37.
























