Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2013

LOT 220

BREITLING REF. P19362 FOR BENTLEY SPECIAL EDITION PLATINUM BEZEL Breitling for Bentley, "Mark VI Compl. 19, Automatic, Certified Chronometer Special Edition," No. 2282637, Ref. P19362. Made in 2009, sold October 15th, 2009. Fine, stainless steel and platinum, self-winding, water-resistant, Chronometer wristwatch with triple date, moon phases, square button chronograph and a stainless steel Breitling buckle. Accompanied by the original Breitling for Bentley wooden box, warranty, Chronometer Certificate, instruction booklet and slide rule.

Three-body, polished, knurled platinum bezel, screw-down winding crown and case back embossed with the Bentley emblem, concave lugs, anti-reflective sapphire crystal. Bronzed "Burnt Oak" with applied steel and mother of pearl baton hour indexes, square luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, outermost minute/seconds division with 5-second Arabic markers on an inclined reserve, subsidiary dials for the seconds and date, month combined with 30-minute counter, date and 12-hour counter, aperture for the moon at 3. Luminous steel epee hands. Breitling Cal. 19B, rhodium-plated, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed.