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Bloody camera has chosen this moment to display READ ERROR, so here's a description:
Heuer Autavia
Case ref 1163
Case serial 271xxx
Crown at 9, pushers at 2 and 4. Turning bezel. Screw-back.
Cushion/tonneau case; 20mm-lugged. Stainless steeel.
All metal parts on this watch are silver/steel in color.
Matte black dial with white subs, bright metal indices and frame on date window at 6; tiny red red details just outside the indices.
Two subdials; 0-12 and 0-30.
Subdial hands: black.
Hour & minute hands: silver, with red tips and thin red stripe down the middle.
Center-sweep: solid red.
No continuous seconds hand.
Bezel insert is dual-scale: inner 0-60 in 5 minute intervals; outer is a tiny 0-12 scale. Black, silver numbers and dots.
Case back is plain, no markings whatsoever. Crown is marked with Heuer logo.
Dial text, top to bottom: AUTAVIA, (HEUER LOGO), AUTOMATIC, CHRONOGRAPH, SWISS. Text and minute track are white paint.
One owner since 1971; cosmetic condition maybe 75%; not ugly, but it's been worn. Edge of bezel insert neatly eroded all around, effectively cutting the tops off the tiny numerals in the 0-12 scale. Assume minimal overhauls have been carried out.
Crystal is acrylic, and does not look wrong for the watch. Might be the original, might be a properly-selected replacement.
Owner says he has original bracelet for it, which he'll try to dig out for me.
I don't have a case-opener, so I don't know what's in it.
So... is this enough for an order of magnitude of market value?
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