38 - 38. Heuer. A fine stainless steel automatic calendar chronog…

Estimate €5,000 - €7,000

Description

38. Heuer. A fine stainless steel automatic calendar chronograph bracelet watch Model: Carrera Reference: 1153 Date: Circa 1971 Movement: 17-jewel Cal.11 micro-rotor automatic Dial: Sunburst silvered, applied polished and faceted baton hour markers with black inserts, black outer 1/5th second divisions, raised black outer tachymetre scale, subsidiary dials at 3 and 9 for 30 minute and 12 hour recording, date window at 6, black pointed baton hands with luminous inserts, orange luminous centre chronograph hand Case: Brushed and polished tonneau form, screw back, crown at 9, chronograph pushers at 2 and 4, No.2208xx Strap/Bracelet: Gay Freres (GF) single link rice steel, end links stamped HLC Buckle/Clasp: HEUER signed steel folding clasp, stamped GF 4 71 Signed: Case, dial & movement Size: 38mm Jack Heuer was inspired to choose this name by the Carrera Panamericana, the most dangerous race of the mid 1950s. Since that time, Porsche has named its fastest and most successful innovative racing models ,Carrera'. A remarkable link between watches and motorsport. A decade later Jack Heuer met with competitors like Willy Breitling, Hans Kocher of Büren and the Dubois-Depraz company, and convinced them to participate in a joint venture, developing an automatic chronograph. It was the start of an ambitious partnership and was soon joined by the American watch producer Hamilton, which had established a major stake in the Büren watch company. Redesigned and well received the Carrera (reference 1153) increased in size to house the new automatic movement. Specific was the repositioning of the winding crown to 9 o'clock emphasising that winding was no longer needed necessary. This watch shows a transitional dial with ,,Automatic Chronograph" on top of the date window to communicate clearly the new invention. A beautiful matching patina, original dial, crown and pushers complete this rare collector's piece.

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Auction time 06/17/2026 at 2:00 PM

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