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It is fantastic that you have answered this question for the collectors. These old advertisements are so interesting to see, and you have shown how they can provide a wealth of information about the watches.
I will plan to start a page for the Reference 3249 chronographs; interesting that this was the low-end model, back in 1942.
Thank you again for solving this mystery and for publishing the answer for all of us to see. Now, the only remaining question is, "What are the "2"s on the dial?" I mean, why the "2"s, instead of "1"s, "3"s or "4"s?
Well done!!
Jeff
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: I have an vintage Heuer up/down chronograph with a strange Heuer
: logo. I posted some pictures of the watch a couple of years ago
: at the Heuer forum, but no one had an answer. I have since then
: tried to collect as much info as possible, and have found some
: information. I have seen some claims that this was a military
: model, and most owners date them to late 1930's (1938) or very
: early 1040's.
: The movement is the same on all 2HEUER2 I have found. A unsigned
: Venus 170. I know that Heuer produced an up/down chronograph
: with Valjoux 77 later, that is fully signed. None of the
: Val.77's that I have seen has the 2HEUER2 logo. The 2Heuer2 has
: Nickel case, the later Valjoux 77 has steel case.
: THE ANSWER
: I have just found a Heuer advert from 1942 that shows the little
: chronograph. This is the first time ever, I have seen any
: information about these chronographs. The are not military, but
: Heuers cheapest chronograph offer.
: 
: In the down left corner of the ad. is a little black up/down
: chronograph with the 2Heuer2 logo. It is listed as Ref. 3249
: Nickel/Steel case back priced at Fr. 93,- It seems like it was a
: low-price model. A regular left/right steel chronograph with
: Valjoux movement was Fr. 198,-
: There is at least two different dial design for Ref.3249, one with
: telemeter and tachymeter, and one, like mine, with a seconds
: scale.
: This should confirm that these are genuine early Heuer
: Chronographs. Heuer did not sign all movements until 1945.
: 
: See my Heuer blog http://classicheuers.blogspot.com/
: Jarl
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