Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 67

?Navitimer? Breitling 1884, "Navitimer ? Chronographe Certifié Chronomètre Etanche 30 m", No 015/100. Made in a limited edition of 100 examples circa 2000. Very fine and rare, oversized, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant down to 30 m., 18K gold gentleman's chronometer wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, telemeter and tachometer, annual calendar with moon phases, slide rule with no fewer than 10 calculator functions for navigation (first introduced by Breitling in 1942) and an 18K pink gold Breitling deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, revolving ribbed and graduated bezel, lapidated lugs, dedicated case back, sapphire crystal. D. Black with applied gold bâton indexes, sunk "guilloché" silver subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, of the week, month, aperture for the moon phase, outer graduations for the telemeter, tachometer and the slide-rule. Gold and luminous "bâton" hands, the chronograph hand featuring an anchor-shaped "B" counterweight. M. Cal. 19, rhodiumplated, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted to 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 15 mm.