This vintage Heuer Autavia Viceroy was sent in by a viewer who has owned it since its purchase in 1978. This watch does have a service history. However, upon return from the shop the watch would no longer run consistently. The chronograph stops the watch within a minute or so, but even with the chronograph disabled, the power reserve of the watch isn’t acceptable. Such symptoms could have any number of root causes, so I’ll give this the full treatment and see if I can’t get this watch running like new again. The 1163V reference, which uses the caliber 12 automatic chronograph movement, was a cross promotional product between Heuer and the cigarette brand Viceroy starting in the early 70s.

Stick with me as I fully service this watch and, towards the end of the video, I dive a bit into the history of the development of the first automatic chronograph.

If you're looking for an incredible watch repair or antique restoration project, be sure to check out my video! I'll show you how to fix this vintage watch and get it back to working order.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Begin Disassembly
4:08 Core Movement Disassembly
10:32 Chronograph Disassembly
14:08 Mainspring Barrel Issues
17:00 Cleaning
18:51 Core Movement Assembly
36:39 Chronograph Assembly
45:05 Chronograph Module Installation
47:02 Hand Installation
48:04 Caseback Restore and History Lesson
51:03 Outro