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About Those Little Red Needles on the Autavia 1163 GMT

Over the years, we have had some speculation about the execution of the Autavia Ref 1163 GMT, with the red needles on the chronograph recorders, as shown below.

I am happy to report that I have received some interesting information about why the red needles were switched back to black -- http://www.onthedash.com/thoughts/autavia-gmt-red-needles/

Still no good explanation as to why Heuer went from the black needles to the red needles [other than style, I assume], but at least we now know why Heuer switched back, from the red needles to the black needles.

Special thanks to Heinz Rengel for sharing his very interesting story!!

Jeff

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