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Heuer. A rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch Model: Autavia, 1st execution: "Big Subs" Reference: 2446 Date: Circa 1962 Movement: 17-jewel manual winding Valjoux 72 column wheel chronograph, signed on the bridge Ed.Heuer & Co SA, no. 457066 Dial: Black, fifth seconds ring, baton numerals (lume removed), subsidiary dials for continuous seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, polished dauphine hands with later luminous fill, red replaced sweep seconds hand Case: Screw back with chamfered lugs, inset black 60-minute rotating bezel, signed Ed.Heuer & Co SA, no. 49505 Strap/Bracelet: Leather Buckle/Clasp: Steel Heuer pin buckle Signed: Case, dial and movement Size: 39mm Fußnoten An example of the first execution Autavia with large subsidiary dials and second execution dauphine hands. Manufactured just before the introduction of Tritium lume, the original Radium was removed from the dial and bezel. For a comparison to no. 49506, see Crosthwaite and Gavin, Heuer Autavia Chronographs, pp 28-37.