Heuer Autavia Chrono-Matic "Jo Siffert" Ref. 1163T
Heuer Autavia Chrono-Matic "Jo Siffert" Ref. 1163T
Heuer Autavia Chrono-Matic "Jo Siffert" Ref. 1163T
Heuer Autavia Chrono-Matic "Jo Siffert" Ref. 1163T
Heuer Autavia Chrono-Matic "Jo Siffert" Ref. 1163T
Heuer Autavia Chrono-Matic "Jo Siffert" Ref. 1163T
Heuer Autavia Chrono-Matic "Jo Siffert" Ref. 1163T
Heuer Autavia Chrono-Matic "Jo Siffert" Ref. 1163T
Heuer Autavia Chrono-Matic "Jo Siffert" Ref. 1163T
Heuer Autavia Chrono-Matic "Jo Siffert" Ref. 1163T
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Heuer Autavia "Jo Siffert" Automatic Chronograph, Ref. 1163 T. Made in 1969. Fine, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and date.

Case: Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, black bezel with tachometer graduation to 400 UPH, winding crown at 9.

Dial: White dial and black subdials with applied luminous steel baton indexes and blue markers, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous steel baton hands.

Movement: Caliber 12, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.

Dial, case and movement signed

Circa 1969

Diameter: 42X 47mm Thickness: 15mm

More about Heuer:

In 1962 Heuer launched the Autavia chronograph, designed for automotive and aviation events. Produced for more than twenty years, the model went through a number of versions, including transitioning from a manual-wind movement to an automatic movement in 1969. This wide range of styles is part of what makes Heuer so appealing to watch collectors – there is an Autavia for everyone.

Jo "Seppi" Siffert was a Swiss racing driver who was the last genuine privateer to win a Formula 1 Grand Prix when he won the 1968 British Grand Prix for Rob Walker Racing Team with a Lotus.  That same year Siffert won the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours at Sebring in a Porsche 907.  After winning the 1971 Austrian Grand Prix,  he was killed at the 1st World Championship  Victory race, on the same track as his first Formula 1 victory at Brands hatch.  Jo Siffert had developed a friendship with Heuer CEO and racing enthusiast Jack Heuer who fitted him with an early Heuer automatic Autavia with a white dial and blue accent.  Heuer was also sponsoring Siffert on the track. The Autavia Chrono-matic date with these specific colors was the first to be introduced to the public in March 1969.

This specific example is the rare Mark 2 dial with serrated hour markers, a larger Heuer logo than the Mark 1 and a flat V in "Autavia". It is a very rare version in excellent condition.