Maker: |
Heuer |
Model: |
Carrera |
Reference No.: |
1153BN |
Date: |
circa 1973/4 |
Serial No.: |
30XXXX |
Case: |
steel, screw-on back, 20mm. lugs, fluted pushers, case back signed inside HEUER-LEONIDAS SWISS Stainless Steel, original signed crown |
Dial: |
Blue satin finish dial signed CARRERA HEUER Automatic Chronograph, with 2 tropical brow subsidiaries, baton lumed hour markers with orange highlights, outer tachy scale |
Hands: |
White hands with luminous inserts, orange chronograph hand and calendar window at position 6 |
Movement: |
Valjoux Cal 12, manual wind, signed Heuer CAL 12 |
Strap: |
Heuer steel bracelet by Gay Frères stamped HLC |
Info: |
The Carrera 1153 was part of the trio of designs Heuer used to launch the Calibre 11 automatic chronograph movement in 1969. The first examples had the model name above the date and the word Chronomatic above the Heuer badge. Only a handful of these were produced as Heuer sold the Chronomatic name to Breitling. The 1153 was produced from 1969 to 1974 in various dial and hand combinations as well as movements that included the cal. 11, the modified 11-i and 12. The distinctive case with two pusher on the right and crown on the left has a brushed finish, 20mm lugs and domed plexi. The black Corfam strap was standard but the Gay Frères bracelets with the 20mm HLC end links were optional. |
