Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 58

"Navitimer QP" Breitling "Navitimer QP", Chronographe Quantième Perpétuel Etanche, No. 01/25. Produced in a limited edition of 25 examples in 1993. Very fine and very rare, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's astronomic wristwatch with moon phases, perpetual calendar, 52 weeks, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, a logarithmic slide-rule and a platinum Breitling deployant clasp.

USD 17,000 - 20,000

EUR 14,000 - 17,000

Sold: USD 19,550

C. Three-body, polished, graduated revolving bezel, screweddown case back with embossed logo, lapidated lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Blue and matte silver with tritium and steel indexes, subsidiary dials: at 12 for the seconds, the 60-minute register, the four seasons and the days of the month; at 3 for the 52 weeks and the aperture for the moon phases; at 6 for the days of the week, the 12-hour register and the 24 hours; at 9 for the 30-minute register, the months and the leap year; outer tachomter graduation in miles and km and a logarithmic sliderule. Tritium-coated "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 39, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 37 jewels, monometallic balance, adjusted, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 15 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3-7

Good

Oxidized

Movement: 2

Very good

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original