Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 111

"Super Ocean" Breitling Genève, "Super Ocean", Ref. 2005. Made circa 1972. Fine, water-resistant to 20 atm/600 ft, stainless steel diver's wristwatch with round button chronograph, center minute counter, diving time indication and a stainless steel Breitling buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Three-body, polished, bidirectional revolving black bezel for the elapsed time calculation, screwed-down case back, lapidated lugs. D. Bicolor black and silver with luminous round and baton indexes, outer silvered ring dial with painted Arabic numerals for the diving and decompression times, aperture showing full circle, small circle and no circle for the start-stop and return-to-zero function of the chronograph. Luminous "skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 15 mm.