OK -- here's the question that I've been pondering since posting the photo of the two Sifferts:
How many "Chronomatics" have we actually seen, in the metal or on the internet??
I can count six of them, as follows:
- Siffert Autavias - - - I know of three. One in the Heuer archives; one owned by a collector in Hong Kong; and one that was sold on TimeZone around three or four years ago (for $599, on the original bracelet . . . I missed it by 20 minutes!!).
- Chronomatic Monacos - - - I know of two or three of these. One that I missed on ebay (at around $2000); one owned by a collector in Pennsylvania. Both of these are shown OnTheDash.
- Chronomatic Autavias (black-dial) - - - I know of one of these, owned by a collector in South America.
All of which raises a few questions:
- Why did Heuer move away from the Chronomatic name (while Breitling and Hamilton stuck with it)??
- Over what period of time were they sold??
- What were the production numbers / quantities on the various Chronomatics??
So few Chronomatics, so many questions . . . ? ? ?
Jeff
