Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 150

Limited Edition Perpetual Calendar Breitling Genève, "Astromat Chronograph Automatic, Quantième Perpétuel,? Ref. K18406. Made in a limited edition of 10 pieces in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, round button chronograph, register, tachometer, lunar calendar and a heavy 18K yellow gold Breitling link bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, case back embossed with logo, bidirectional revolving graduated concave bezel with fluted edge, small straight lugs, sapphire crystal. D. White with applied yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, the days of the week, of the month, the months, blue ring dial for the leap year, outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the moon phases and the age of the moon sector at 3. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 39, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 37 jewels, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length: 180 mm.