Important Watches, Collector's Wristw...

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 91

Breitling Genève, "Unitime Automatic", No. 633262, Ref. 1 260. Produced circa 1951.Fine and unusual, 24 hours, "World Time", center-seconds, self-winding, stainless steel and yellow gold-plated gentleman's wristwatch with date.

C. three-body, bicolor, polished, revolving reeded bezel bearing the indication of 24 cities around the world, lapidated lugs. D. two-tone matte silver with an outer 24-hour revolving ring dial in silver and black with painted Arabic numerals for the nocturnal and diurnal hours, concentric, applied gold bâton indexes, at the center, the maps of South America, Africa, part of North America, Europe and the Middle East, aperture for the date on the 3. "Dauphine" steel hands. M. Cal. 260, copper-colred, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm.