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Autavia 1163 T "Siffert"
Reference: 1163
Serial number: 202840
Year: 1970?
Movement: Calibre 11

This is one of the most celebrated automatic Heuers. The white dial is not as common as the black and it is associated with the Swiss formula 1 driver Jo Siffert. Siffert was the first Heuer ambassador and wears his 1163 T (Chronomatic?) in lots of photos.
In an 2010 interview with David Chalmers (www.calibre11.com)Jack Heuer tells this story:
Jo as you may know from his background, he was a very poor guy and he was a born ”wheeler and dealer” and he would always have a collection of watches, and he would place them with all of his friends on the circuit, between wholesale and retail [prices], and we didn’t mind of course because it was in public and so actually the Formula 1 circuit, if you looked around, they all wore a Heuer Chronograph….
This "Siffert" has a unmodified cal. 11.

Autavia 1163 Siffert - face
Autavia 1163 Siffert - side
Autavia 1163 Siffert - side 2
Autavia 1163 Siffert - Cal. 11
Siffert with Siffert