Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 149

Steel Chronograph Longitude Breitling Geneve, Chronograph Longitude Automatic, No. 124/700, Ref. A 13405. Made in a limited edition of 700 pieces in the 2000s. Fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and a heavy stainless steel Breitling link bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished, case back embossed with logo, bidirectional revolving graduated bezel with fluted edge, small straight lugs, sapphire crystal. D. White with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 11, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 17 jewels, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx. overall length: 165 mm.