Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ...

New York, Dec 11, 2008

LOT 92

Steel & Gold Chronomat Breitling, 1884, "Chronomat", No. 114758, Ref. D 13047. Made in the 1990?s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Breitling buckle. Accompanied by fitted box. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down protected winding-crown, screwed-down case back with embossed logo, unidirectional revolving gold bezel with engraved minute graduation and steel quarter-hour riders, luminous dot at 12, sapphire crystal. D. Blue with applied yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, gilt subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds scale outermost tachometer scale, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. based Valjoux 7750, rhodiumplated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 14 mm.