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Re: FS: True VICEROY Cigarette Promotion HEUER AUTAVIA 1163V

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: The RARELY SEEN unique 2 tiny arrow "vv" or
: "^^"...PERHAPS being one TRUE example belonging to VICEROY promotional watches...
having this punch marked authentic
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: Many of so called "Viceroy Heuer Autavia" watches are
: regularly seen without this specific punched marking...

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: The Unmistakably Piquerez produce Case, with shallow CB, Thick Plexi, factory engraved
: Reference Nos. n Serial Nos. 266,68x:

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: The Heuer Cal.12 Automatic Chronograph Movement with a DATE
: function n Inside CB factory details + Prior Service marking:

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: The Dial n Hands: Almost flawless if not for the 10 o'clock hour
: marker, having a slight loss of lume material.

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: Full lumes condition on the rest of the hour markers:

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: The Lumimous hands n Dial Hour markers...under UV light source:

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: The Tachymetre Bezel n edge of Plexi showing signs of fair wear n
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: The Width of Case:

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: The Pushers: One of which might have been changed in the past.

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: The original 1972 VICEROY cigarette HEUER Autavia watch promotion
: advertisement for a short 7 months period from May to December
: 1972:

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: The Selling price of this watch, As Is Head Only, is USD 5,500
: O.B.O.
: inclusive of shipping by DHL or FEDEX...but excludes Insurance.

: Payment in USD by Wire Transfer only.
: Return is acceptable(if returned in the same conditions as posted
: in here) n LESS its shipping costs,
: if the watch is found to be not as described, n O is notified
: within the 1st day of its delivery/arrival.

: Plenty of pictures of this watch are available n can be sent by
: email or via Whatsapp.

: Thanks very much for watching...
: Thanks very much to Chronocentric for allowing the space also...

: Best regards
: Orchi.

: Orchipalar@gmail.com

: Or by Whatsapp would be fine as well.

: Cell phone(Malaysia): +6016 328 0244
: Or +6016 264 2444

P/S: A kind buddy has just pointed out to O that LIKELY, the 2 tiny arrows punched marking on the back of the lug of this watch...
might have signify the change from Cal. 11 or Cal.11-1 to Cal.12...that can also be found on some Heuer Monaco watches of similar era...

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O had no prior idea what exact technical shortcomings or differences there would be between the earliest Cal.11 n Cal.12..
Still O cannot understand why some other earlier or later case series true or alleged VICEROY promoted watches...
1163 that do not possess the tiny arrows on the back of the lug...
Those too had Cal.12, or which perhaps might signify the factory upgraded movement.
But how come so many of those has no sign of the 2 tiny arrows?

The movement change would have happened to earlier batches of 1163 per say...
The later ones like this watch with a later 266683 Serial, that falls right into the serial batch of cases...
that majority of which were allocated for the VICEROY promotions...hence engraved n punched marked with 1163"V" n the 2 tiny arrows respectively...
as well perhaps.

Whilst it might be obvious that some other model might share the tiny arrows markings for whatever reasons it had...
it is clear for O that this particular one with case reference marked with 1163"V" n the 2 tiny arrows would definitely be
one that belonged to the VICEROY promotion watches...

That said...hence O should rephrase this FS descriptions as having the BOTH the combination of 1163"V" engraved n the 2 tiny arrows punched..
as being the True VICEROY promoted Heuer Autavia...

Thanks for watching...
n many thanks to Chronocentric for allowing O the space in here to rant too...LOL!

Best regards
Orchi.

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