Highly coveted within serious watch collecting circles, the Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Seafarer is an alluring timepiece manufactured by Heuer. During its golden era, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. was a world-class outdoorsman’s department store. The store was favored by many famous celebrities and prominent figures such as Teddy Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Amelia Earhart, and Ernest Hemmingway.

Heuer began making special watches for the esteemed department store from the 1940s to the 1960s. Much of this was in part that Jack Heuer, the grandson of Heuer's founder Edouard Heuer, was an employee in the watch department at Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Many of the Heuer watches were specialized for the department store featuring outdoor-oriented complications such as tide indicators and regatta timers, which can be seen in present lot reference 2447.

The present lot, reference 2447 was purchased in 1968 by the original owner at the flagship Abercrombie & Fitch Department Store in New York. The Heuer Carrera cased timepiece has aged well with the dial developing a light patina from many years of sailing under the sun. The dial also features youthful hues of blue in the subsidiary registers. Powering the timepiece is a Valjoux 721 movement, a modified Valjoux 72 that accommodates for a regatta timer and tide indicator. The present lot is a charming timepiece, and represents the less-commonly known, yet intriguing history of two important brands.