First of all, I must say I only found this forum today and from the posters (and Chuck Maddox) and other sources I have found a wealth of knowledge on my most recent Heuer purchase...

Regarding my subject line, that's correct... I was out garage saleing (Tag saleing, estate saleing, whatever you call it) and came across a box full of old watches... After digging for a few seconds I found a larger chrono (could only tell by the pushers, the crystal was covered with goo and grime) and proceeded to clean the crystal enough to see what make it was... Heuer Autavia... Now I have had several TAG Heuer (6000's) in the past and know the brand fairly well, well enough to know that an automatic chronograph made by Heuer was certainly something I would be interested in... After cleaning it a bit and checking as well I could to make sure it wasn't a bad fake, I asked how much... "$2.00 for that one, $1.00 for the others" - HAHA!!! - I could barely contain my excitement as I pulled out my money and paid the nice lady...

I knew I had found a GREAT deal (at that point I didn't know if it worked, or really anything about it) and it was only after digging around the internet (here and "on the dash") that I realized I had a 1163V in GREAT condition!!! I've cleaned it up, taken if off the terrible aftermarket bracelet it was on and matted it to a black strap with white stitching (to match the dial and sub-dials) and LOVE this watch!!!

Thanks again to Chuck Maddox and all the posters here...