Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 109

HEUER AUTAVIA AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH STEEL Heuer "Autavia" Automatic Chronograph. Made in the 1970s. Fine, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and date.

Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, black bezel with tachometer graduation to 400 UPH, winding crown at 9. Bicolor black and silver with applied luminous steel baton indexes and red markers, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous steel and red baton hands. Cal. 11, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.