Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 377

Yellow Gold Navitimer 1884 Breitling, Genève, ?Navitimer 1884?, No. 03/100, Ref. K24322. Made in 2004 in a limited edition of 100 pieces. Fine and rare, two-time-zone, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, slide rule and an 18K yellow gold Breitling link bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate, and 2 extra links.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, bidirectional revolving notched bezel, lapidated lugs, screwed-down case back with Breitling logo, sapphire crystal. D. Black with applied gold baton indexes, silver guilloche sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduations for the telemeter, tachometer and the slide-rule, aperture for the date. Luminous gold baton hands, the chronograph hand featuring an anchor-shaped "B" counterweight. M. Cal. 24, rhodium-plated, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm. Thickness 16 mm. Property of Various Owners