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Re: New owner of Vint Autavia seeks help

Via a official Tag Heuer watch maker you can send this watch to Heuer:

A full revsiosn in Europe is 300 euro. They have the glass available for 30 euro ...however no bezel never ever...also polishing this watch seems to be tricky for them: they let this do Heuer extern for additional 150 euro. If you get the glass changed: they dont guarranty that the watch is still water protected.

They dont have bracelets... not for this vintage watch and also not for others....

Hope this gives you an inmpression

Alex

PS: probably you can find a private watch maker who can do the revision for less....

: Hello all. Glad I found this forum as this
: seems to be the knowledge base for the
: Autavia. Here we go. I was recently gifted
: my grandfathers old Autavia 1163 Cal.12.
: This is my first experience with this model,
: and I'd really like to get this thing back
: into respectable shape. Although the mov't
: appears to be pristine (looking) inside, the
: outside has seen better days (about 30 years
: ago that is). So, aside from the obvious
: interior clean & oil she'll need, I'm
: seeking all the probably impossible to find
: exterior parts such as crystal, bezel, bezel
: insert, and probably all gaskets too. Can
: any of you experts please point me in the
: right direction for suchs things? I have
: seen the OEM bands go by on eBay for a bunch
: O dollars which scares me about the final
: price of this fixer-uppper. Also, something
: weird about the stopwatch. The second hand
: keeps finding a new "zero" spot.
: As in, it will not always fly back to
: "12" when the reset button is
: pressed. It seems to be progressively
: working it's way around the dial. And idea's
: on how to reset or recalibrate that? Any
: help you folks can provide would be much
: appreciated. Also, if anyone can recommend a
: worthy watchsmith in the Chicago area that
: can handle such work. Thanks much! P.Patrick
: (hughes@roadfly.org)

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