Today’s vintage Heuer:  a “milk chocolate” Autavia, Reference 1163.  This is one of my favorite “finds” of 2012.  

More photos here.

Love these “Sifferts” … vintage Heuer Autavia, Reference 1163T … worn and popularized by Swiss Formula One hero, Jo Siffert.  

Very rare pair of Heuer Autavia “Diver 100” chronographs.

Interesting discussion of their scarcity, relative to other vintage Heuer chronographs,  here

Oops … almost forgot the pre-New Year’s resolution, to post more watch photos on Tumblr.  This is the vintage Autavia that became the “poster watch” for the Autavia 50th Birthday celebration, when it was featured on TAG Heuer’s Facebook page.  Definitely drew a lot of “oohs” and “aahs”.

More vintage Autavias, here.

New Year’s Resolution — post more photos of interesting watches on Tumblr.  So this posting should “catch me up” for the month of December 2012.  

See dozens of great photos of vintage Heuer Autavias, in our Scrapbook from the Autavia’s 50th Birthday Celebration.  

If you ever see the word “Chronomatic” on the dial of a Heuer chronograph offered for sale (at a reasonable price), (1) BUY THE WATCH, and then (2) READ THIS BLOG POSTING to see exactly what you have bagged!!

Great advertisement … Autavia, Carrera and full line of the dashboard timers.  

For an explanation of these vintage Heuer Autavias, have a look at yesterday’s Hodinkee article — http://www.hodinkee.com/ode-to-smoke

Spotted:  Jerry Seinfeld wearing a vintage Heuer Autavia (“Siffert” model).  Read about it in this posting on Hodinkee.  

See more images of Seinfeld and his Autavia here.