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Heuer. A rare stainless steel manual wind chronograph wristwatch Skipper "Skipperera", Ref: 7753, Circa 1970 image 1
Heuer. A rare stainless steel manual wind chronograph wristwatch Skipper "Skipperera", Ref: 7753, Circa 1970 image 2
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Heuer. A rare stainless steel manual wind chronograph wristwatch
Skipper "Skipperera", Ref: 7753, Circa 1970

15 – 16 June 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £24,225 inc. premium

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Heuer. A rare stainless steel manual wind chronograph wristwatch

Model: Skipper "Skipperera"
Reference: 7753
Date: Circa 1970
Movement: 17-jewel Valjoux Cal.7730 manual wind
Dial: Sunburst blue, applied polished faceted baton hour markers, black outer 1/5th second divisions on raised white surround, subsidiary dials at 3 and 9 for seconds and green, mint and orange 15 minute recording, pointed baton hands with luminous inserts, orange centre chronograph hand
Case: Polished round, screw down back, signed crown flanked by twin pushers
Strap/Bracelet: Associated black leather
Buckle/Clasp: Signed steel buckle
Signed: Case & dial
Size: 36mm
Accompaniments: TAG Heuer service case

Footnotes

The Skipper Carrera nicknamed the "Skipperera", was the first of the skipper models to be made. Regarded for its beautiful hues, the watch's design is inspired by 1967 America's Cup winner, "The Intrepid" which had several Heuer chronographs on board. To commemorate the win, Jack Heuer commissioned the 7754 (based off of the 7753), which today remains one of the brand's rarest and most coveted watches.

The most notable characteristic of the watch is the colouring, which is directly taken from "The Intrepid": a deep metallic blue dial, mint green subsidiary seconds and the iconic tri-colour green, mint green, and orange 15 minute count-down register. The distinctive mint green comes from the deck of "The Intrepid" after an MIT study deemed it the colour least likely to produce distracting reflections.

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