A stainless steel two register, automatic chronograph by the Swiss watch maker, Heuer.  This model was part of a very important three model launch by Heuer in 1969.  This "Carrera", and two other watch icons; the "Monaco" and the "Autavia", in Siffert colours, were all launched with the new calibre 11 automatic chronograph movement.  These early watches were all branded with the word "Chronomatic" upon launch, but the Chronomatic name was very quickly sold onto the Breitling watch company, and subsequently removed from all Heuer models.  Leaving the model name to pair along side the  iconic "Heuer" logo.

This example is a stunning and very early example of a 1153 "Carrera", and is one of the first to be found without the Chronomatic branding.  The dial features the early left sub-dial with 3,6,9,12.  Another  earlier, rare, feature is the 50-200 tachymeter scale crystal ring.

A further unique addition to this watch is the original Heuer paperwork;  The service manual guarantee/original papers, Heuer envelope, and bill of sale from the Navy, Army & Air Force Institutes store, at the Bahraini Royal Navy base; HMS Jufair.  This provides this watch with a military provenance, as it was purchased on base by a member of the British Armed Forces, and would have been used during military operations.

After the death of Sheikh Isa in 1932, having handed control of the state in 1921 under British diplomatic pressure to his son Hamad, his advisor Charles Belgrave with whom he had modernised the state systems and key infrastructure, suggested that they should come to an agreement with the British to open a permanent Royal Navy base within the state. HMS Jufair opened on 13 April 1935, as part of the port at Mina Salman. It was bombed by the Italian Air Force during the Second World Wa, as part of an Axis Forces effort to cut-off one of the three Allied Forces sources of oil in the Persian Gulf.

The watch case has been lightly polished.  It has the original reference numbers, 1153, and the serial number, 149XXX, engraved between each set of lugs.  The navy blue sunburst metallic dial is in perfect, original condition, accented by the two off-white sub-dials.  The bill of sale is dated 9/9/1970, therefore the watch is likely to have been made in the first or second quarter of that year.  A rare find, with a wonderful piece of military history.