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Heuer Autavia 1163 · The Index

Brands
Heuer
Autavia
1163

Autavia 1163

1969–?22 variants

First automatic Autavia, launched in 1969 with the Calibre 11 in a 42.5 mm C-shaped case with left-hand crown, plastic crystal and bi-directional bezel; 12-hour recorder at nine, 30-minute at three, date at six. Black-dial (MH) and white “Siffert” (T) dials each evolved through numbered Marks; later colourways include the Orange Boy and the Viceroy, plus GMT models.

Variants over time

Explore by production yearAll recorded years

19651979

1965197019751980

Faded ends mark approximate or unknown dates. Years are as stated by the cited sources.

Reference specifications

Brand: Heuer
Model: Autavia
Reference: 1163
Category: Chronograph
Production: 1969–?
Case material: Stainless steel
Case diameter: 42.5 mm
Date: Yes

More specifications (3)

Crystal

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Variants

Black Dial, White Registers (MH)1969–?
The standard black-dial automatic Autavia with white registers and minutes/hours bezel; the Marks below follow dial text, marker and hand changes.
Reverse panda dialMinutes / hours bezel
5 sub-variants:Chronomatic Dial Mark 2 (Heavy Red Accents, White Chronograph Hand)Mark 3 (Ridged Markers, Flat V)Mark 4 (Ridged Markers, Pointed V)Mark 5 (Polished Markers)
White Dial, Black Registers (Siffert, T)1969–?
White dial with black registers and blue accents, sold with a tachymeter bezel and worn by Jo Siffert; collectors call every Autavia in these colours a “Siffert”. Six dial Marks run from the Chronomatic dial (1969) to brushed hands with blue tips and 1–12 hour numerals (1972).
Panda dialTachymeter bezel
6 sub-variants:Chronomatic (Mark 1)Mark 2 (Narrow V)Mark 3 (Flat V)Mark 4 (Polished Markers, Black Inserts)Mark 5 (Blue-Tipped Brushed Hands)Mark 6 (1–12 Hour Numerals)
Orange Boy1971–?
Black dial and white registers with orange: orange stripes on the minute recorder, brushed hands with orange inserts and tips and an orange chronograph hand; 1–12 hour numerals.
Left-hand crownReverse panda dial
1 sub-variants:Cream Dial (White Orange Boy)
Viceroy (including Pre-Viceroy NT)1971–?
Black dial with white registers, brushed hands with red inserts and tips, 1–12 hour numerals and tachymeter bezel; offered in the Viceroy cigarette promotion for $88 and a carton end flap, against $200 retail. Earlier identical 1163 NT watches are called pre-Viceroys.
Left-hand crownReverse panda dialTachymeter bezel
VNT Economy Model (Viceroy Successor)c. 1977–?
Continuation of the Viceroy colours sold as an economy model in the late 1970s catalogues.
Left-hand crownReverse panda dialTachymeter bezel
P Decompression Bezel1972–?
Diver’s version with painted luminous markers, a stripe on the minute recorder, orange-edged hands and a decompression bezel.
Left-hand crownDecompression bezel
GMT1970–?
Automatic Autavia GMT with red/blue 24-hour bezel and GMT hand; three Marks distinguished by bezel numerals, hands and movement (Calibre 11 GMT, then Calibre 14).
24-hour handTwo-colour 24-hour bezel
3 sub-variants:Mark 1 (24 Numerals on Bezel)Mark 2 (Even Numerals on Bezel)Mark 3 (Calibre 14, Red-Edged Hands)

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Movement

AutomaticAutomaticA mechanical movement wound by a rotor as the watch moves on the wrist.

Calibers

CalibreCaliberThe designation of a watch movement, identifying its design or movement family. 11, CalibreCaliberThe designation of a watch movement, identifying its design or movement family. 12, CalibreCaliberThe designation of a watch movement, identifying its design or movement family. 14

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