This is a stunning and desirable example !!
I agree these often look a bit banged up ( not really sure why they've had such a hard life ). I doubt we've seen more than 6 of these on the forum in good or better condition over all these years.
I consider it a huge bonus that this one has the tachy bezel, in my opinion the nicest of the Compressor cased bezels.
Enjoy it Jeff , cheers Darren

: For the last 10 years, I've been (casually) looking for a nice
: 2446C in the last execution (red accents; black inserts in the
: markers and hands; heavier needles on the chronograph
: recorders). We have all seen a lot of these Autavias -- hands
: have often crumbled; lume has gone to black; dots are missing;
: bezels are banged up; cases are often over-polished; etc. I have
: owned a couple / sold a couple, as they never looked quite
: "right" to me. I was beginning to think that there is
: no such thing as a really nice sample of this execution.

: So I bought this one a couple of months ago, on ChronoTrader. It
: looked good (other than the missing hand / needle on the hour
: recorder), and was on the original bracelet, but it turns out
: that the movement was a complete wreck and there were some
: issues with the case-back / seal. [Advice for readers -- when a
: chronograph is missing one of the needles, you may find the
: reason for that, when you get into the movement . . . and it may
: not be simple to repair.]

: Anyway, it's back from the spa now . . . looking good and running
: strong. It's nice to add this one to the collection, the last of
: the manual-winding Autavias from the 1960s, before the move to
: automatic Autavias in C-shaped cases. Yes, these do exist . . .
: a nice sample, of the last of this generation!!

: Jeff

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