Details

Brand

Tag Heuer

Model

Autavia

Reference

CY2110

Movement

Automatic cal

Case

42 mm

Metal

Stainless Steel

Circa

2005

Dial

Silver

Bezel

Black Aluminum (Tachymeter)

Condition

Good

Box/Papers

Box, Service Papers (2023), Booklet & Card

About this watch

Band: Steel Clasp: Steel Deployant Glass: Sapphire crystal In 1969, Heuer released the automatic Autavia in a Siffert colour-way: a white dial and black registers with light blue accents. Jo Siffert was a legendary Swiss racing driver in Formula One from 1962 to 1971, when he was sadly killed in a crash at a Formula One event at Brands Hatch, Kent. This 2005 re-edition honours the man and the original watch without being a one-to-one recreation. The C-shaped stainless steel case measures 42 mm, has a lug-to-lug of 47.5 mm, a lug width of 20 mm, and a depth of around 13.5 mm. It was originally pressure-resistant to 5 bar (50 m); however, it is not recommended for submersion. The silver-white dial features a bi-compax chronograph layout with a 30-minute totaliser at 9 and a running seconds totaliser at 3. The hour markers are applied, faceted, and luminous, with baton-style luminous hands to indicate the time. There is a date aperture at 6 and a printed TAG Heuer logo at 12. This CY2110 was the first time 'TAG' had made an appearance on the dial of an Autavia. Protecting the hands is a scratch- and glare-resistant sapphire crystal that is exceptionally durable. Surrounding the sapphire is a black aluminium tachymetre scale used in conjunction with the chronograph (stopwatch) to determine average speed over 1 km. The watch is presented on a 'beads of rice' bracelet in the style of some Gay Frères bracelets from the 1960s. It secures to the wrist with a steel deployant clasp. Set behind the closed caseback is the TAG Heuer Calibre 11. It is a modular chronograph movement based on the ETA 2892-A2 with a Dubois-Dépraz chronograph module. This TAG Heuer Autavia has just been through our service centre, Watch Tech,…