Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 11, 2009

LOT 37

Autavia Heuer, Autavia Chronograph. Made in the 1960's. Fine and early, water resistant to 330 ft, stainless steel diver?s wristwatch with round button chronograph and registers. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, lapidated lugs, screwed-down case back. D. Bicolor black and silver with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 72, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating blued steel flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 14 mm.