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Hi everyone,
here for your consideration a super-rare and mint manual-wound Heuer Autavia 741.603 GMT from 1974, powered by the equally rare movement Valjoux 7741.
The Valjoux 7740 (and its GMT variant 7741) were produced only between 1974 and 1978 and were conceived as the manual (= cheap) version of the Heuer Cal.12 and Cal.14 (GMT variant), then dismissed due to the “quartz crisis”. However the V7740 and V7741 beat at higher speed (28800 vph, that is 4Hz, instead of 21600 vph, that is 3Hz) respect to the automatic Cal12/14.
The Autavia 741.603 GMT is the very last of the Autavia GMT’s in the mid-‘70s.
The watch has been serviced two years ago and keeps great time (I would say its performance is in COSC specification, see image below), everything works as it should.
The dial is just flawless as you can see from the images below, original tritium here, and still glows in the dark.
The case is unpolished and has only few minor signs of use here and there, which aren't visible or noticeable while wearing, the beveled edges are regular and fat, the sunburst still good. Reference number and serial number between the lugs are clearly engraved and readable.
Plexiglas is scratch-free.
The mint bezel rotates with a firm action and clear detents.
The watch is offered as seen in the first picture, that is with an original and mint black Corfam strap and as full set (NOS red checkered box, NOS blank warranty, cardboard hangtag). This is probably one of the best 741.603 GMT survived and available out there!
I will let the images speak:
Price is 15kEuro plus shipping (to be discussed apart given the value of the watch), face-to-face pickup is welcome in Northern Italy, feel free to ask for further details and images or info. I know is not cheap, but you will forget soon the price paid while you will appreciate forever its perfection.
I'm a collector, not a dealer, so I beg your pardon in advance if my images taken with my poor-man’s smartphone are not so good as the images you can find on Instagram or Internet from the well-known dealers, but I can ensure the watch is better seen in the metal rather than on these images.
Thanks to everyone and to Jeff/Chronotrader for this space.
Gianluca
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