Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 194

"Split Seconds Chronograph Top Time" Breitling Genève, ?Duograph, Top Time?, Split-Seconds Chronograph, case No. 1354591, Ref. 764. Made circa 1970. Fine, stainless steel, water-resistant gentleman's wristwatch with round button splitseconds chronograph, register and tachometer scale.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, lapidated lugs. D. Matte silver and black with applied steel bâton indexes, subsidiary ?flinqué? dials for the seconds and the 45-minute register, outer 1/5th seconds scale and tachometer graduation. Luminous blued steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 14''', coppercolored, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, the winding-crown is for start-stop and return-to-zero functions of the splitseconds chronograph. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 14 mm.