GMT, Second Execution Screw-Back Case
Autavia 2446 — GMT, Second Execution Screw-Back Case
1968–?
Heuer’s first GMT chronograph: a red-tipped 24-hour hand and red/blue 24-hour bezel (even numerals) on a three-register dial with luminous applied markers, in the second-execution screw-back case.
Heuer catalogue appearances listed by OnTheDash: 1967. Case numbers of examples shown by OnTheDash: 100007, 100087, 100012, 100024, 100034.
Identifying details
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) | 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
- 1968–?
- Case serials
- c. 100,012–100,089
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Crystal
- Plastic
- Movement
- Manual winding
- Date
- No
- Caliber
- Valjoux 724
Dial, bezel & hands
Movement
Valjoux 724
Valjoux 72 modified with a 24-hour hand for a second time zone; powers the manual-wind Autavia GMTs of the late 1960s.
Manual winding · 17 jewels
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