Lot 79
Heuer. A fine, iconic and well-preserved stainless steel manually-wound chronograph wristwatch
'Siffert Colours', Ref.73463, No.216729, made circa 1972
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Auction: 21 November 2024 from 14:00 GMT
Description
Cal.7734 hand-wound mechanical 17 jewel movement, white dial with applied steel baton markers with tritium blocks to outer blue batons, black subsidiary dials for running seconds and 30 minute registers, steel luminescent baton hands, blue central chronograph seconds hand, date aperture, stainless steel tonneau shape case with screw-down reverse, Heuer crown, round chronograph buttons, black tachymeter bezel, on leather strap with steel Heuer buckle.
Dimensions
Width 42mm.
Provenance
From a Private Collector.
Footnote
In the late 1960s, Swiss racing driver Jo Siffert was sponsored by Heuer and he chose to wear the Ref.1163 (the automatic version) with white dial, black subsidiary dials and blue accents. Collectors thus attributing this colour combination the ‘Siffert Colours’. Introduced in 1969, the automatic Cal.11, was being widely used by Heuer and by 1972, the automatic Cal.12 a staple, making the manually-wound Valjoux 7734 calibre versions form this era a rarity.
The case retains excellent original characteristics with polished sides and edges to radial satin-finished upper, exhibiting very little evidence of use.
