First Execution Case and Dial (Big Subs) · First Execution Hands (Full Lume)
Autavia 2446 — First Execution Case and Dial (Big Subs) · First Execution Hands (Full Lume)
Earliest batch: dauphine hands filled with luminous paint edge to edge on the big-register dial. Phillips places the batch at roughly case 49’169–49’429.
Heuer catalogue appearances listed by OnTheDash: 1962. Case numbers of examples shown by OnTheDash: 49215, 492xx, 49285, 49298.
Identifying details
- “Big Subs” dial
First-execution Autavia dial with oversized, starkly contrasting chronograph registers.
- Dauphine hands
Tapered, faceted dauphine-shaped hour and minute hands, as on the first Autavias.
Variants of 2446
Reference overview →| Variant | Production |
|---|---|
| First Execution Case and Dial (Big Subs) | 1962–? |
| First Execution Case and Dial (Big Subs) · First Execution Hands (Full Lume)Current | 1962–? |
| First Execution Case and Dial (Big Subs) · Second Execution Hands (Steel-Edged) | 1963–? |
| First Execution Case, Second Execution Dial | 1965–? |
Case & movement
- Reference
- 2446
- Production
- 1962–?
- Case serials
- c. 49,169–49,429
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Crystal
- Plastic
- Movement
- Manual winding
- Date
- No
- Caliber
- Valjoux 72
Dial, bezel & hands
Movement
Valjoux 72
13-ligne hand-wound chronograph with column wheel and horizontal clutch, descended from the 14-ligne Valjoux 22/23. Its 12-hour counter at six set the classic three-register layout. Made 1938–1974 and used by Rolex, Heuer and many others; Rolex fitted it to the pre-Daytona ref. 6234.