Heuer Autavia Reference 2446 First Generation Big Subs

The Heuer Autavia is recognized by collectors as one of the great sports chronographs of the 1960s and arguably the greatest Autavia wristwatches ever made were the powerful first execution “Big Subs” models that defined the genre. They were introduced by Heuer in 1962 and continued with this design through 1963, before becoming slightly more refined and less brash examples with the second and third execution models that had smaller registers, and white gold hour markers more similar to the Heuer Carrera that was introduced in 1963 and the Rolex Daytona reference 6239 also introduced in 1963.

Along with many of its contemporaries of the era, it is powered by the Valjoux 72. This example is the first generation case of the Autavia with larger subdials. The dimensions are 38mm (48mm lug-to-lug). The cases are made Huguenin Freres. The case has been lightly polished.

The watch does not come with box and papers. We do not know the service history, but it is running well.

PRICE: $29,000 (Item SBUXYT4521)