Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 362

Left-Handed Chronomatic Limited Edition Breitling, ?Chrono-Matic Chronographe Certifie Chronometre,? No. 142/250, Ref. H22360. Made in a limited edition of 250 examples circa 2005. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, date, tachometer, sliderule, with winding crown at 9 and the chronograph pushers at 2 and 4, and an 18K pink gold buckle.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, bidirectional revolving serrated bezel for operating the slide rule, screwed-down case back, lapidated concave lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Black and silver with applied luminous Arabic and dot indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute registers, outer graduations for the minutes and fifths of a second, the tachometer and the slide-rule, date aperture. Luminous pink gold baton hands. M. Rhodium-plated and gilt brass, 38 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 15 mm.