Important Watches, Pocket Watches and...

Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

LOT 28

"Navitimer? Breitling Genève, "Navitimer", Ref. 806, circa 1966. Fine stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, telemeter and slide-rule.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, revolving reeded and graduated steel bezel, lapidated lugs. D. Black and "guilloché" matte silver with tritium-coated Arabic numerals and indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, outer graduations for the minutes, the telemeter and the slide-rule. Tritium-coated white "Bâton" hands. M. Cal. 178, copper-coated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 13 mm.