Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 11, 2009

LOT 279

Navitimer Breitling, Genève, "Navitimer - Automatic," Ref. 1806. Made in the 1970s. Fine and unusual, large, octagonal, self-winding, waterresistant, black coated stainless steel wristwatch with roundbutton chronograph, registers, telemeter, slide-rule and date, winding crown at 9 position.

C. Three-body, brushed with PVD coating, revolving serrated and graduated bezel, screw-down case back, lapidated lugs. D. Black with luminous indexes and 12 numeral, subsidiary 30-minute and 12-hour register dials, outer graduations for the minutes, the telemeter and the slide-rule, aperture for the date in red Arabic numerals. Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. 11, gilt brass, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 49 mm. Thickness 15.5 mm.