Maker: |
Heuer |
Model: |
Autavia |
Reference No.: |
2446C GMT |
Date: |
circa 1968 |
Serial No.: |
14XXXX |
Case: |
Steel, snap-on back, 20mm. bevelled lugs, thin bezel, case 38.8mm. diameter |
Bezel: |
Slightly ghosted ‘Pepsi' GMT bezel |
Dial: |
Black with 3 white subsidiaries, baton steel hour inserts with lume end markers |
Hands: |
Steel matchstick hour and minute hands with luminous inserts and red highlights, red chronograph hand and red arrowhead GMT hand |
Movement: |
Valjoux 724, manual wind, signed Heuer-Leonidas SA |
Strap: |
Gay Frères steel Beads of rice bracelet stamped HLB 3-70 |
Info: |
The Autavia 2446C GMT was driven by the Valjoux 724 movement, as was the super-rare pre-compression GMT with the narrower bezel. This example has a particularly lovely faded GMT bezel; often these bezels faded or ghosted so much that the colouring almost disappeared - 99% of those examples with pristine colours have replacement bezels - one like this, with faded yet still vibrant colours, is a very rare find. Perhaps even rarer is the Gay Frères bracelet which is being offered with this watch, the HLB GF is an almost impossible bracelet to buy - unless one is prepared to do irreparable damage to one's piggy bank! |
