Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 53

Steel Crosswind Special Breitling, "Chronometer Chronograph Crosswind Special," case No. 412769, Ref. A 44355. Made in 2002, sold April 14, 2003. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer, large date and a stainless steel Breitling buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, instruction manual, chronometer certificate, warranty certificate (now void) and a service invoice dated 2-8-05. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished, screw-down case back and crown, graduated unidirectional revolving bezel with rider tabs, antireflective sapphire crystal. D. Bicolor blue and silver with applied steel faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, outer tachometer graduation and 1/5th seconds scale, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, double aperture for the large date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 44, rhodium-plated, 21 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Thickness 17 mm. Property of an East Coast collector