Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
HEUER REF. 510.511 PVD-COATED CHRONOGRAPH Heuer, "Chronograph, Automatic," Ref. 510.511. Made in the 1980s. Fine, tonneau shaped, water resistant, self-winding, stainless steel PVD-coated military wristwatch with rounded button chronograph, register, central minute recorder, date, 24 hours indication, tachometer and a stainless steel PVD-coated Heuer link bracelet with deployant clasp.
Two-body, polished and brushed, concave bezel, hooded lugs, screwed-down case back. Black with applied luminous baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour register and 24-hour indication, aperture for the date, outer 1/5 seconds/minute divisions, outermost tachometer scale. Luminous white baton hands, orange central minute recorder hand. Cal. Lemania 5100, rhodium-plated, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.