Heuer Ref 12 – Small Heuer Shield – Circa 1979 – Original And Very Rare. Beautiful.

Description

This is a stunning and extremely rare 1970’s Heuer Ref. 12. Featuring the superb and robust manual wind Valjoux 7734 movement.

The Ref.12 seems to have slipped under the Heuer radar due to the lack of information about it online. Another reason is that they weren’t sold in great numbers. Becoming very sought after.

What intrigued me about this particular model are the slight differences to that of other Ref. 12. Most notable is the Heuer shield, which is much smaller. Granted, the shield on the other example is oversized, so emphasises the difference. The lume dot markers are placed slightly differently too, being ‘on’ the ends of the hour markers not just ‘off’ them. I’ve seen another version of the Ref. 12 which had markings on the right hand subdial similar to that found on a Autavia, with three coloured arcs. I can only presume this is yet another Heuer oddity, during the same time period, the dive watch range went through similar changes. Almost as if Heuer were selling all the different designs until one was settled on.

Very rare to find in this condition. Any inspection welcome.

WATCH WILL BE FULLY INSPECTED, TESTED, CHECKED AND DETAILED BEFORE SOLD. ANY INSPECTION WELCOME.

12 MONTH WARRANTY SUPPLIED.

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