Customised Heuer Autavia PVD

Posted by: Abel Court   |   2 December 2009   |   5 Comments  

Vintage Heuer collectors are usually difficult to please on the subject of originality, with watches being heavily scrutinised for any sign of non-original parts.

However, as this Autavia shows, there is nothing wrong with a customised Heuer, so long as it’s not pretending to be an original vintage piece- you know, the stories about an Autavia model that never appeared in any catalogue and was apparently only sold in a three small cities in Argentina during 1977…

This Autavia is the work of Abel Court, who details his creation- and collaborators-  here

What you are looking at is a watch that uses all original Heuer parts, but from different watches and models- the case of a 11063V that has expertly had a PVD coating applied, a Calibre 15 movement and sub-dial hands from a Carrera. The watch has produced a very favourable reaction- and why not? It looks fantastic and doesn’t pretend to be anything more than what it is- a creative, limited edition of one sourced from the very best of the Heuer parts bin.

 

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Photos: Abel Court

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5 Comments »

  • Speedmaster said:

    That really looks sharp.

  • avantnoire said:

    A beauty through and through
    would be nice to see a VERY limited run of this!!
    A toute a l'heuer!
    D

  • Admin said:

    It does look great- the bright orange contrasts superbly with the black PVD. David, agree that Abel needs to make 20 of these for us!

  • Alistair said:

    Wow!

    I have customised a few Omegas but that really is wonderful… for the first time in a long time I am very jealous..

    Great work… did it cost a fortune?

    Ali

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