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Introduced in 1958, the Heuer Super Autavia was the first dashboard chronograph for motorized vehicles such as planes, boats and automobiles. The one we found (pictured) is a B Series Super Autavia Dashboard Chronograph, which would have been produced from 1959-1967. It has a 17-jewel manual wind column-wheel chronograph movement in immaculate condition. The hands, dial and bezel appear to be in original condition. And based on the video included with the listing, everything seems to be in very good working condition. If you've want it, the eBay "Buy It Now" price is $4,500, with an option to "Make an Offer."

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This is a vintage Mark XI IWC Pilot watch, the most coveted of IWC's Pilot watches.

Produced beginning in 1948, the IWC Mark XI uses a hand wound caliber 89 movement. According to IWC "It was one of the very first watches to meet the demanding requirements of a professional pilot's watch. Its movement was enclosed in a soft-iron inner case in order to shield the mechanism from magnetic fields."

The Mark XI comes in a stainless steel case that measures 36 mm in diameter by 11 mm thick. It features an acrylic crystal with a screwed-on case back. This is a military watch, and accordingly, it is fitted with a Nato strap. The dial is black with Arabic numerals, center seconds and luminous hour and minute hands, as well as luminous markers at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock - no date. An arrow shaped pilot emblem is printed just beneath the branding on the dial; it is also engraved on the movement bridge and case back.

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The hit television series Mad Men, set in 1960s New York, features numerous vintage timepieces from the period considered by many as the golden era of watchmaking. The show's main character Don Draper (played by Jon Hamm), wears some of the most iconic vintage watches throughout the series, namely a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso and a Rolex Explorer. However, it is not a Rolex or Jaeger that is receiving all the hype, it is an Omega. Specifically, the beautiful 1960s Omega Seamaster Deville (shown below) which features an elegant 35 mm diameter polished steel case, a domed crystal, a signed Omega crown and an awesome painted cross hair dial.

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This is the Rolex Daytona Cosmograph Color Change Dial in White Gold - Ref. 116509 made in 2005. The dial is referred to as a "Color Change Dial" because the red hands on the white sub dials have caused them to take a reddish hue. This, of course, makes the timepiece more rare, as not all of the sub dials have turned red.

The 40 mm x 12.5 mm stainless steel case (No. D181534) is polished and brushed; it has a screw down case back, pushers and crown. Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 units per hour, sapphire crystal. Satin silver dial with applied black radial Arabic numerals and luminous indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds track. Luminous white gold baton hands.

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This is a rare Rolex Submariner 5513 Tropical Dial No-Date that just sold at Antiquorum's May 13, 2012 auction in Geneva. The estimate was ($10,000 to $14,000) and not surprisingly, it sold for more than the high-end of the estimated value at $14,600. Tropical dial Rolexes - whether it is a GMT, Explorer or Submariner - command a significant premium over the same Rolex with a black dial.

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