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Heuer. A fine stainless steel manual wind chronograph wristwatch Autavia, Ref: 2446, Circa 1962 image 1
Heuer. A fine stainless steel manual wind chronograph wristwatch Autavia, Ref: 2446, Circa 1962 image 2
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Heuer. A fine stainless steel manual wind chronograph wristwatch
Autavia, Ref: 2446, Circa 1962

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

£25,000 - £35,000

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Heuer. A fine stainless steel manual wind chronograph wristwatch

Model: Autavia
Reference: 2446
Date: Circa 1962
Movement: 17-jewel Valjoux Cal.72 manual wind, signed Ed. Heuer & Co. SA on the bridge, No.456547
Dial: Black, luminous baton hour markers, outer 1/5th second divisions, silvered subsidiary dials at 3, 6 and 9 for seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour recording, luminous pointed hands, white centre chronograph hand
Case: Polished round, screw down back, bi-directional bezel with black insert, twin chronograph pushers, No.49259
Strap/Bracelet: Associated black leather
Buckle/Clasp: Steel buckle
Signed: Case, dial & movement
Size: 38mm

Footnotes

The Heuer Autavia model was first introduced in 1962, the name deriving from a combination of "AUTomobile" and "AVIAtion". The current example has been in the same family since new and features a 'big subs' dial and 'all lume' hands. 'Big sub' dials are the earliest and most desirable variations of the 2446 and are easily recognisable by their large white sub-dials contrasting against black dials. Hands came in two different styles with the earliest being entirely covered in radium. Later versions of the 2446 were made popular after appearing on wrists of prominent racing drivers such as Jochen Rindt.

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