HEUER Autavia GMT Ref. 2446C Valjoux 72C (1969)

Manufacturer - HEUER

Year - 1969

Reference - 2446C 

Movement - Valjoux 72C Manual Winding

Case Serial - 130135

Material Stainless Steel - 40.5 mm not including crown

Caseback - SS / Snap-Back (Compressor)

Gay Freres Beads of Rice Bracelet, stamped 2 69

HLB endlinks

Faded Pepsi insert

Polished steel hands with lume insert

Red chronograph hand with lume arrow

Dial marked T Swiss (note the marks on the images are on the original crystal, the dial is flawless)

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Replete with original GF bracelet, original bezel insert having faded to a ghosty pink and blue, original dial, crystal, hands and lume - this is an extraordinary example of a very early (first) execution case variant - presumed to be all original and unpolished.

Inspected and regulated by our trusted watchmaker, and keeping exceptional time - a hugely undervalued late 60s chronograph by one of the most revered watchmakers of all time - a collectors watch who seeks originality in every sense of the word