Vintage but not Rolex related

[MAWhite]

Mike you have a nice collection.

Tony,
Thanks, I used to have a nice Heuer collection as these are all watches I sold in 2006 when I got out of the vintage scene.

I think that most of us will recognise the Monaco and relate it with Steve.
I have just read an article about the Autavia.
If I remember correctly, the reason why they placed the crown on the L/H/S of the watch, was to remind their owners that the watch was an automatic.

I have seen old advertisements stating that but the real reason is because the cal.11 or 12 movement is a modular micro-rotor monstrosity that is so thick it was necessary to arrange it like this. Arguably the world's first automatic chronograph but definitely not the best.

Also I understand that they re-released it not so long ago to celebrate an anniversary. Which at the present moment escapes me, what the anniversary was.

I'm not current enough on the brand these days to know of any anniversary models. The reason this white dial with blue accents is called Jo is because these were all referred to as "Jo Sifferts" for the famous 1970's race car driver who wore that exact same model.

Best,
Mike