Heuer Autavia 11630 MH Silver Dial, Cal. 12. c1976 Serial 260217 Sublime, stunning, beautiful. These words are often banded around when commenting on a nice looking watch. I know I’m guilty of throwing around these sort of compliments at other peoples pride and joys. The problem is, when something truly gorgeous comes along, I find myself digging around my vocabulary for something more fitting, more apt. I’m struggling right now. So I’m just gonna say that the silver dialed 11630 is f*ckin’ ice cool.
While the white dialed Autavia Siffert gets all the glory, it’s cousin, the 11630 Silver dial is not far behind in my book, it is simply a cracker. The brushed silver dial has so many different looks as it catches the ever changing light conditions.
This particular example was an ebay punt and it was a bit of an ugly duckling when I opened the package from Germany. It was a mess. Incorrect pushers and crown, beaten-up case, incorrect plastic domed crystal with a silver rehaut added on top of the original rehaut, the hands were in a bad way & it needed a service too…