HEUER: A STEEL AUTAVIA CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH, Ref: 2446H 'T...

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£12,000 - £15,000

HEUER: A STEEL AUTAVIA CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH, Ref: 2446H 'THE RINDT'; Serial No. 89431, reverse panda black dial signed Autavia Heuer; 3 silvered subsidiaries, the lower one with T Swiss, slender bi-directional 12 hour bezel, the Valjoux 24 movement signed Heuer - Leonidas SA, the signed screw down case back, 39mm diameter, circa 1966, with later leather strap, with Tag Heuer service box. 

NOTE: Jochen Rindt was arguably the greatest Formula 1 talent of his generation.
Born in 1942 he came up through the racing ranks, joining Formula 1 in 1964, winning his first Formula 1 race in 1969. He and his wife, the model Nina Rindt, were well known figures both on and off the circuit. He wore his Heuer 2446 on the track. Rindt was tragically killed, aged only 28, racing for Lotus at Monza in 1970. He is still the only Formula 1 driver to have won the World Championship posthumously.

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Working.  Wear to edge of bezel.  Good condition for age.  Crown not signed. Does not include red stand.