Fantastic posting . . . yes, the bracelets are a great element of the vintage Heuers and you have provided us with the definitive reference!!

I will archive this forum posting as a blog posting, so that it will be easy to find and also easy to update.

Huge thanks for this posting!!

Jeff

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: I wrote a topic about the bracelets on Vintage Heuer forum,
: unfortunately the forum closed and article and pictures are lost.

: Anyway we built up a classification of bracelets, end links and
: clasps:

: Bracelets are two different types, double grain and single grains.
: The first type was for watches of the 60s, so they apply the 2446
: screw and snap back, the 2447 Carrera and the Camaro.
: Later single grain bracelets are for 1163 and 11630 Autavia (plus
: manual winding versions 73363, 73463, 73663...), and for the
: 1153 Carrera (as well as the manual winding versions with same
: case shape)

: All the double grain bracelets have the small clasp, up to 1972.
: This also goes on the early single grains, dated 1/69 and 2/69.
: The clasp with fliplock has been introduced during 3rd quarter
: 1969, and i saw both type of clasps with date stamp 3/69.
: From 4/69 all single grain bracelets have the fliplock clasp.

: About end links, these are different types:

: HL - 2446/3646 Autavia screw back case
: HEL - 2447/3647/7753/3147 Carrera
: HLA - Camaro
: HLB - 2446C/7763C/7863 Autavia snap back case
: HLC - 1153/1553/7853/73353/73453/73653 Carrera
: HLD - 1163 Autavia, early cases from 141000 to 144500, then again
: on Schmitz "V" cases from 270000
: HLF - 1163/1563/73363/73463/73663/741603/11630/15630 Autavia, (for
: 1163 and 1163V: 202000 to 270000)

: This is not a rule, is what i saw and what i know.
: I'm obviously open to discuss, clarify and modify what exposed...

: Paolo

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