Please don't hate me for mentioning this Mick but the dial has, to me, obviously been re-lumed. They did a slightly sloppy job taking away the sharp edges of this watch model's unique dial with lumed triangles, particularly at 12:00 and 1:00. They also appear to "sit" too tall. That is always the danger of re-luming a watch. Perhaps the old lume had faded away or disintegrated so much so that a re-lume was absolutely necessary. Again, please don't be too angry at me for mentioning this. Perhaps "in the metal" this isn't very obvious since these are big, high rez photos. Otherwise an outstanding example of a rare watch! I'd certainly be happy with it if it were mine!

: Hi fellows,

: I have to admit that my quick-n-dirty wrist shots were not able to
: keep the discussion started by DC some days ago alive.

: Following are better, documentary images.

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: I bought the watch because its face is more lively than the usual
: cal. 92 Autavias, but yet looks consistent and very appealing,
: especially the applied markers and digits (see below).

: The main hands have the visually correct size, and are shorter than
: those of the other 3646 Autavias. Could anyone confirm or
: decline the story of the apparently correct but too long hands
: seen on the other "interesting Autavia"?

: Certainly the chrono second hand was replaced. I'm searching for a
: white hand as seen on the usual cal. 92 Autavias, but shorter
: exactly touching or just passing over the minute/seconds
: chapter.

: I'm not sure about the bezel. The original bezel could be
: substituted easily, e.g. by a Rolex part. I did never see this
: kind of bezel on a Heuer. Speaking of typography, the fancy
: "3" does not look correct (other bezels show a round
: "3"), the other digits, namely the "4", look
: ok. Did anyone see this kind of bezel (see the side views below)
: on a Heuer or another type of watch?

: The 13 to 24 hours display may be useful, but how is the rotating
: (without click) bezel used? Pseudo GMT?

: The crown seems to be too thick.

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: This slightly tilted view shows the gorgeous applied markers and
: digits.

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: No surprises on the back.

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: The side views reveal more characteristics of the rotating bezel.

: I really like this elegantly curved lines of the middle part and
: the trapezoidal profile of the case of these first Autavias.

: The serial number is in the 84XXX area. The movement is a cal. 92
: correctly signed "Heuer-Leonidas".

: I would appreciate to receive and to discuss any further
: informations and hints on this particular watch.

: BTW, no apparent connection to down under.

: Cheers,

: Mick

: And finally, another wristshot to qualify for the "*PIC*"
: label :-)