Horological Meandering

I have just bought this "Orange Boy" Autavia ref. 1163, powered by the famous cal. 12 automatic chronograph movement with micro-rotor.

I have fallen for the dial that has turned to brown - it is originally black - and for the faded orange hands. 

This is a very cool watch, with a large and rugged case, a great dial design and an innovative movement.

Back in the 1970's, the Autavia was the favourite watch of many famous drivers. Definitely a good choice !

 

 

  

And do enjoy it in the years to come!

Stephen

Congratulations on landing this one.  The Autavias come in various executions and colors, but they are the workhorses . . . the rotating bezels are very useful, and the rugged cases are great.

You have a very rare bezel there, with the decimal minutes . . . We don;t see many of these.

Enjoy this one!!

Jeff

 

 

Vintage Heuer watches are very enjoyable!  Matt

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I don't have as many as you, only two so far...but I would like to add a "Siffert" to the family !

              Cheers

                       Jeff

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. . . now there's a hero worth worshipping. Siffert has to be in everyone's top ten drivers list . . .

yep, got to have the "Sifferts" and the "Viceroys", and then there's the "Derek Bell" (middle row, on the left).

Jeff

 

 

 

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phewwww. what a Collection!

 thanks for sharing

 Tony

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You should give us the pleasure of a duo picture with the other onewith the brown counters

Matt

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Great pickup, I love the color of the dial.

--Sancerre

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lovely Watch.!!

BIG Congrats.

Tony

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Even if I appreciate more the Carrera, this one, I must admit, looks awesome!

It is in my plans to get one, one day...

Congratulations.

Best,

Nicolas

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nt

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Great pick-up Jeff. These Heuers have a great presence and history.
Hope to see a lot more of them next week.

Here's some pages from a 1972 Catalogue by a UK distributor.

Don't keep these ladys waiting.

So many people here have been generous with their information over the years, it's a pleasure to add a little to the collective history of the forum.

its without doubt the nicer of the 2 in my humble opinion. the dial just makes it sing.

best

Graham