TAG Heuer Autavia re-issue, in Siffert colors Gift from Jack Heuer, for the Ferrari driversĪwarded to participants in the 1991 Indianapolis 500
Heuer 18 karat gold Carrera, Reference 1158 CH, on bracelet Heuer Autavia Reference 3646, Motor Age logo on dial (Hour bezel), on stainless steel braceletĪwarded for fastest qualifying time in the 1967 Indianapolis 500 Heuer Autavia Reference 3646, Motor Age logo on dial (Minutes bezel), on leather strapĪwarded for fastest qualifying time in the 1966 Indianapolis 500 The following table provides an overview of the Heuer chronographs in Mario Andretti’s collection. In this posting, we present the Heuer and TAG Heuer chronographs included in Andretti’s collection. Andretti was featured in an episode of “Talking Watches” on Hodinkee, and he explained his passion for watches, as well has the fact that he has purchased relatively few of them, but received many watches as gifts, during his racing career. Mario Andretti is a genuine “watch guy”, wearing chronographs during races and reporting that he might take a selection of several watches to a racing weekend. Andretti also enjoyed success in American stock car racing (winning the Daytona 500 in 1967) and in endurance / sports car racing (competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in four decades). Of course, Mario Andretti enjoyed great success as a racer, being one of the few racers to win both the Formula One world championship (1978) and the Inidanapolis 500 (1969). Andretti wore watches throughout his career - on the track, in the pits, and during public appearances - and we can count at least 20 different watches in his collection. If we were to create “Heuer Hero Index” capturing how often each racing champion wore a watch, the variety of Heuer chronographs worn by the racer, and the success that each racer enjoyed on the track, the clear number one Heuer Hero from the 1960s and 70s would be Mario Andretti.
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