It all started a few days ago when a friend who helps me source for watches (Omegas, Rolex, Seikos but a greenhorn when it comes to Heuers) told me he had an incoming Heuer. I told him as long as it was in good condition, I'd be interested. All along I thought this was a regular Viceroy or a 2446C since several of these pieces show up in these parts of the world. Yesterday, I got a call from my friend who told me that the owner of the watch was already willing to sell it but the problem was he was 2 hours away by plane. I asked him if the watch included the bracelet and he said yes. I immediately gave him an offer for the equivalent of a GF bracelet plus a small percentage for the watch- whatever it was. I just really wanted the bracelet to complete some of the pieces I have. Safe to assume he didn't know how much these bracelets go for these days. Today, the owner of the watch had actually taken the first flight out to deliver the watch. When my friend called to let me know that the watch had arrived. I asked him to describe to me over the phone. OC-TAY-VIA was the model. He couldn't even pronounce it right. I asked him for the color of the dial. He said WHITE! My heart started beating fast. Sheepishly I asked him if by chance there were any blue accents to the watch. He said YES!

In less than an hour, we had met up to complete the transaction. And the rest is history. Here's my latest find- an 1163T Mark 3 (I think). The GF bracelet is correctly dated 2/ 69 with "HLD" endlinks. Ridged markers on the dial, flat, wide "V" on Autavia, 142XXX serial. Another bonus was the bracelet as it appeared unused. It was still very stiff and didn't have any stretch at all. Apparently, the owner didn't like it since the day he got it so he replaced it with a leather strap.

The dial didn't have any marks at all except for some patina that was even all throughout

The movement was very clean

The original bracelet was practically unused. No stretch at all and can support the watch with the clasp partly folded

Thanks to OTD for fueling my passion to collect vintage Heuers especially Jeff, Amer and Rich C. for being patient enough to answer my questions every now and then