Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Nov 16, 2008
LOT 555
Yellow Gold "Chronomat" Breitling, Genève, "Chronomat, Brevet 217012", case No. 672139, Ref. 769. Made in the 1950s. Fine, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, telemeter, slide-rule and a stainless steel Breitling buckle. To be sold without reserve
CHF 1,500 - 2,500
USD 1,400 - 2,300 / EUR 900 - 1,600
Sold: CHF 3,600
C. Three-body, polished, bi-directional revolving reeded and graduated bezel, lapidated lugs, snap-on case back. D. Matte silver with painted luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 45-minute register, inner red centesimal scale, outer minute/seconds with Arabic numerals, outermost graduation for the telemeter and the slide-rule. Luminous yellow gold dauphine hands. M. 13???, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 11 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |