Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jun 28, 2014
HEUER CHRONOGRAPH STEEL Heuer, "Chronograph," No. 451208, case No. 70679. Made in the 1950s. Fine, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers and tachometer.
Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, lapidated lugs, snap-on case back. Matte silver with luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers and tachometer scale. Luminous blued steel baton hands. 13''', rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator.
Grading System | |
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Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3-6* |
Good Slightly oxidized Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |