Hi All

I am looking at a Viceroy at the moment. It has a dark date disc (so date printing is white on a dark background). I am confused as all the Viceroys I've seen so far have it the other way around, black print on pale (white/gray) background.

any perspective from the people in the know is welcome

Thanks!
Paul

 

It's probably a date disc from a Hamilton Chrono-Matic model - all of the early automatic Heuer Autavias used white date discs.

Run away from it, fast

 

Mine is black on a light background.

 

As far as I remember, I've never seen a black date Viceroy.
I'm no specialist, but I've seen quite a few.

 

should look like this...

 

Thank you Gentlemen.

I also got a "red flag" from Abel Court, who kindly engaged into the conversation too

Never mind... no Autavia for me this time... yet!

@gr8sw: just what I like in a watch... reverse panda, a dash of color, c-ish-case, a crisp tachy ring, a dark leather strap with stitching that recalls the aforementionned colors, very very nice... if you're thinking about selling, you've got a customer

Thanks all!
Paul

 

Like this?

 

Yes, or any of the other Hamilton models using the Chronomatic movement-





It seems that of all of the companies producing watches with the Chronomatic movement, only Hamilton used a white-on-black date disc. All of the others - Heuer, Breitling especially - used black-on-white discs. Why this Autavia was frankened with what is likely a far more rare part than the OEM-spec disc is beyond me, maybe the seller just had one lying around.

 

Polite correction - almost all Heuer automatics had a black on white date disc.
regards
Paul
www.heuerworld.com

 

All, never thanked you for all the info.

Turns out actually that the whole ad was a true scam... actually, good thing that this disc color kinda ticked me off, because I could have very well fallen for the whole thing and not even gotten any watch at all in the end... So thank you all

Still searching for a nice, (somewhat) affordable Viceroy

Cheers!
Paul