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New Heuer Autavia Viceroy 1972 Re-edition

Post by hoppyjr » Sat Nov 24, 2018 10:58 pm

I’m not a chronograph guy but I thought the consensus was against the 30 minute counter? I seem to recall that feature being criticized on other chronographs.

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Re: New Heuer Autavia Viceroy 1972 Re-edition

Post by substitute » Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:23 am

Just curious, why would they reissue something like this and change the tachymeter bezel to a 12-hour?

Looks great, like all Heuer re-issues I've seen. Would love to own any of them but they're always too pricey for me to make the move.

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Re: New Heuer Autavia Viceroy 1972 Re-edition

Post by BacoNoir » Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:28 am

logan2z wrote:
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I liked it at first glance but then the aged lume vs bright red hands threw me off. The date window seems forced too
The aged lume/hand color and the date window look pretty close to those of the original Viceroy to my eye.

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I’d be on board if the hands had the aged lume rather than the red. Too much red IMHO.
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Re: New Heuer Autavia Viceroy 1972 Re-edition

Post by franco60 » Sun Nov 25, 2018 1:20 pm

It’s gorgeous aesthetically. Another Autavia reissue I won’t be able to buy because of the size. 42mm wide and 16mm tall is a dealbreaker. Why in the world they’d put out a SECOND beautiful reissue that no vintage collector will buy is beyond me.

Truly - a ten minute focus group with vintage collectors would have cut this down to 40mm and they’d fly off shelves. I’d buy one at full MSRP if it were 40mm and slimmer. Unfortunately, another miss for me.


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Post by logan2z » Sun Nov 25, 2018 1:52 pm

franco60 wrote:
Sun Nov 25, 2018 1:20 pm
It’s gorgeous aesthetically. Another Autavia reissue I won’t be able to buy because of the size. 42mm wide and 16mm tall is a dealbreaker. Why in the world they’d put out a SECOND beautiful reissue that no vintage collector will buy is beyond me.

Truly - a ten minute focus group with vintage collectors would have cut this down to 40mm and they’d fly off shelves. I’d buy one at full MSRP if it were 40mm and slimmer. Unfortunately, another miss for me.
Surprisingly, the thread over at Chronocentric hasn't mentioned the size of the reissue. Most of the criticism centers around the fact that Tag didn't use the Tachymeter bezel that was on the original Viceroy when they obviously have those bezels available from the Hodinkee/Orange Boy re-edition.

This clearly wasn't meant to be an exact copy of the original Viceroy Autavia but rather a modern re-interpretation. For starters, the case shape is completely different.

Vintage Viceroys aren't hard to find and they're less expensive than this reissue. I really don't think the target market for this watch is the vintage Heuer collector.

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Post by Terpits » Mon Nov 26, 2018 7:01 am

Love it. This may just make me come out of retirement.
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Re: New Heuer Autavia Viceroy 1972 Re-edition

Post by AtomicTom » Mon Nov 26, 2018 10:58 am

logan2z wrote:
Sat Nov 24, 2018 4:30 pm
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I’m “Atomic Tom” over this one :)
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I think Heuer knocked this one out of the park. The only downside is it's $5800 ;)

:lol: Yeah, really does look like they thought of everything with this one guys !!
Looks amazing honestly !!! :headbang: Really appreciate the look at it ! THX ! :salute:

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Re: New Heuer Autavia Viceroy 1972 Re-edition

Post by dinexus » Mon Nov 26, 2018 11:49 am

substitute wrote:
Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:23 am
Just curious, why would they reissue something like this and change the tachymeter bezel to a 12-hour?

Looks great, like all Heuer re-issues I've seen. Would love to own any of them but they're always too pricey for me to make the move.
Seems like a slight re-interpretation of the 60 minute/12hr bezel hybrid, which was a rarer, more desirable variant of the Viceroy. I had one earlier this year – looked like this:

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Re: New Heuer Autavia Viceroy 1972 Re-edition

Post by logan2z » Mon Nov 26, 2018 12:00 pm

dinexus wrote:
Mon Nov 26, 2018 11:49 am
substitute wrote:
Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:23 am
Just curious, why would they reissue something like this and change the tachymeter bezel to a 12-hour?

Looks great, like all Heuer re-issues I've seen. Would love to own any of them but they're always too pricey for me to make the move.
Seems like a slight re-interpretation of the 60 minute/12hr bezel hybrid, which was a rarer, more desirable variant of the Viceroy. I had one earlier this year – looked like this:

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Right, I actually had the MH bezel on my non-Viceroy Autavia and prefer it to the Tachymeter bezel. I don't often use my watch to measure my driving speed ;)

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Re: New Heuer Autavia Viceroy 1972 Re-edition

Post by Steve O. » Mon Nov 26, 2018 12:20 pm

Owned several of the originals. Think I paid $800. for the last one that I had. Of course that was nearly ten years ago. Can't believe what they're going for now. Almost $6K for a reissue? GTF outa' here!
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Re: New Heuer Autavia Viceroy 1972 Re-edition

Post by blkgsl » Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:06 pm

dinexus wrote:
substitute wrote:
Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:23 am
Just curious, why would they reissue something like this and change the tachymeter bezel to a 12-hour?

Looks great, like all Heuer re-issues I've seen. Would love to own any of them but they're always too pricey for me to make the move.
Seems like a slight re-interpretation of the 60 minute/12hr bezel hybrid, which was a rarer, more desirable variant of the Viceroy. I had one earlier this year – looked like this:

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The watch is in my care now :). I’m a fan of the MH bezel as well. I would give the reissue a try , on bracelet , at the right used price.

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Re: New Heuer Autavia Viceroy 1972 Re-edition

Post by dinexus » Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:20 pm

blkgsl wrote:
Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:06 pm
The watch is in my care now :). I’m a fan of the MH bezel as well. I would give the reissue a try , on bracelet , at the right used price.
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Post by ericf4 » Tue Dec 04, 2018 1:34 pm

the more i see this reissue the more i like it

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Post by Nellipj » Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:28 pm

Yep, it’s a home run.


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Re: New Heuer Autavia Viceroy 1972 Re-edition

Post by jeckyll » Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:32 pm

hoppyjr wrote:I’m not a chronograph guy but I thought the consensus was against the 30 minute counter? I seem to recall that feature being criticized on other chronographs.
If there is only a 30min counter it's bad, pairing it with an hour counter is fine.

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