Great catch Peter,

I love those watches with lots of provenance and this is definitely a great example. It has been really used for what it was meant for. Is the owner or his son still into amateur rallying?

Kind regards,
Manuel

: My latest aquisition. Here is the chronological history:

: Thursday morning there was an Autavia for sale on the Danish
: equivalent of eBay. Really poor pictures but a fair price
: considering that it sported a GF bracelet. Got contact with the
: owner arranging to come in the evening.

: Poul used to be a car salesman and rallying an Autobianchi A112
: Abart. In 1976 his employer (PH Fiat, Odense) sponsored a local
: rally (PH-Fiat ESSO Rally) and paid for an Autavia 1163 to be
: the first price. His boss hoped to win the watch himself but
: rolled his car and Poul ended up winning the Autavia. He has
: used it every day since then.

: After all the stories I turned to the watch and it was not as I had
: hoped. Start/stop pusher was not there. Unoriginal crown. No
: lume in hands. On the plus side it has a 3-6-9-12 dial and I
: believe that the case, although far from perfect, has never been
: polished.

: We agreed on a price and I drove the 200 km home, quite happy.

: Yesterday evening I took the watch apart and was able to install a
: new pusher and an original crown. But the chronograph will not
: start and the crystal is a real mess. The dial looks fantastic
: so new crystal will change the watch totally. It will be packed
: and go to Belgium for a service but no work on the case.

: A few facts:
: - Calibre 11 I. No stars stamped in case.
: - Serial number 203889 so it is a very late 3-6-9-12 version.
: - GF bracelet has no date stamped in the clasps.
: - GF endlinks are HLF

: Peter, Denmark
: Excuse me for the poor mobile phone pictures.

: As I got it:
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: Cleaned and with new crown and pusher:
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: Serial number and untouched case:
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