Heuer Autavia "Siffert Colors" Travel which had been a well-known

which had been a well-known and well-respected name in Swiss watchmaking since the mid-19th century

In anticipation of huge post-war sales

but not an automatic chronograph

it offers the collector a rarely-seen diving chronograph with a sterling diving pedigree

Rolex supplied over 3000 watches to the Allied troops during the war

Heuer Autavia "Siffert Colors" Travel which had been a well-knownThe son of a dairy farmer, Joseph "Jo" Siffert (called Seppi by his friends) drove into history as the last "privateer" to win a Grand Prix. Born in Fribourg, Switzerland, in 1936, Siffert's first love was motorcycles. He paid for his first bike by selling wildflowers he picked. Initially he raced motorcycles, paying the entry fee for races with money he scrounged by selling scrap metal and used cars. By 1959 he had become the Swiss 250cc champion,