Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 49

Yellow Gold ?Chrono-Matic? Breitling Genève, "Chrono-Matic", No. 134/250, Ref. H 41360. Made in a limited edition of 250 pieces in 2003. Fine and rare, large, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, telemeter and slide-rule, bearing the winding crown on the 9 and the chronograph pushers on the 2 and on the 4.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, bidirectional revolving reeded and graduated bezel, screwed-down case back, lapidated lugs and sides, sapphire crystal. D. Bicolor black and silver with applied baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30- minute registers, outer graduations for the minutes, the telemeter and the slide-rule. Luminous yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 41 LC, rhodium-plated and gilt brass, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm. Thickness 14 mm.