First Execution Case and Dial (Big Subs) · Second Execution Hands (Steel-Edged)
Autavia 2446 — First Execution Case and Dial (Big Subs) · Second Execution Hands (Steel-Edged)
1963–?
Same big-register dial and case, but the dauphine hands gain polished steel edges around a luminous insert.
Case numbers of examples shown by OnTheDash: 49506, 49293, 48851, 48855, 52764, 53007.
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) | 1962–? |
| First Execution Case and Dial (Big Subs) · Second Execution Hands (Steel-Edged)Current | 1963–? |
| First Execution Case, Second Execution Dial | 1965–? |
Case & movement
- Reference
- 2446
- Production
- 1963–?
- Case serials
- c. 49,400–53,499
- 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.