Autavia 2446 — Second Execution Case, Fourth Execution Dial (All Lume)

Rare late dial with rectangular strips of luminous paint instead of applied markersApplied hour markersNumerals or hour markers attached above the dial surface, often by riveting. Applied describes their construction; it does not identify the metal or establish the originality of a vintage dial. A maker’s use of gold for its own markers should not be assumed for other brands. (recalling the first Autavias), in the second-execution case with narrow stick handsBaton handsNarrow, stick-shaped hands. Baton describes the outline rather than whether the hands contain luminous material or were fitted when a watch was first made..