Auction Report: Ex-Lotus Test Driver Bought A Heuer Autavia Ref. 2446C In 1968 – And Now Stands To Make 100 Times What It Cost Him At Auction

When Lotus test driver John Parramint was promoted and asked to test drive the Elan and the Europa, two of the British manufacturer’s most emblematic sports cars, his reaction was to go out and pick up a chronograph with a tachymeter bezel – not as a reward to himself, but to help him test the cars’ speedometers. He purchased a Heuer Autavia Ref. 2446C, then a budget-friendly option – now, almost 50 years later, he’s selling it at auction and might get back more than 100 times what he paid for it.

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