So, the story starts with an Autavia 1163V showing up at the office from my friend who is a watchmaker. This started a quest to learn about the 1163V viceroy. This one has a non-standard bezel. Instead of the tachymeter bezel this one has the mH bezel ir hours bezel. This example has the Schmitz case. I have spent a few hours on the bezel issue. OnTheDash was helpful but the MH bezel is the unusual aspect. I reached out to krlyuzh tonight and he took time out of his evening to look at some photos and give me.some advice. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
Lovely. Would dearly love to add one of these to my collection. Must have been 2nd highest bidder on about twenty Viceroys. Just can't quite seem to get there.
Some reference material https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/ode-to-smoke http://www.onthedash.com/Guide/Master_Reference.php4#Autavia http://www.onthedash.com/Guide/_Chronographs/62.Autavia/d.Automatic_Autavias/72.Reference_1163V/ Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
I had a Viceroy with an MH bezel a few years ago - it's legit. When ordering one of these, buyers could specify the bezel - or pick one up from their AD after sale. Case looks very nice with that bevel - not often seen. These are cool watches, enjoy it!
Nice! I actually just purchased the same exact viceroy with the MH bezel. It had me puzzled as I never seen one with an MH bezel. Glad to see a fellow viceroy owner with the same MH bezel as mine. Kinda puts my heart at ease about it.