Maybe we already are aware and I’m just late to the party but do we know if Zora Arkus-Duntov was a Heuer man? Reading an article in the Detroit News this morning, about remembering Duntov as the father of the Corvette, I couldn’t help but notice the tell-tale calling card of the cal 12s lack of a crown on the right side in a pic. All of a sudden, a fluff article with nothing that any self-respecting car enthusiast doesn’t already know got interesting. The article covers all the cliché Corvette article bases too by talking about mid-engine rumors.

Anyway, with the image at standard size its easy to tell that it is a cal 12 family of movement and looks like it could be a Calculator, but not totally sure. Zoomed in and rotated I don’t think it could be anything other than a Calculator with the rotating bezel missing. By the way, I tried to post the zoomed and rotated pic but my work firewall won’t allow it, maybe someone else can post. The details on the dial are all there to my eyes. The dial very much looks like it has the Heuer shield with Calculator below that and the automatic chronograph plus Swiss over the date window at 6. The markers appear to have depth and the central second had appears to be larger at the tip. All signs point to Calculator.

If it is indeed a Heuer, it makes perfect sense that someone such as Duntov to own one. He undoubtedly would have been aware of Heuer via motorsport, if not also via lab/engineering work at GM. Although I could be wrong and it could be one the other brands that utilized the Cal 12 family of movements, it really looks like a Heuer Calculator to me.

What are your guys thoughts?

Link
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/woodward-dream-cruise/2015/08/11/zora-duntov-corvette-history/31511133/