Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, May 08, 2010

LOT 21

Breitling Chronomat, P.A.N. Frecce Tricolori Limited Edition Breitling, "Chronomat P.A.N. Frecce Tricolori, Serie Limitee", No. 2202/4000, Ref. A13050.1. Made in 1995 to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Italian Air Force Aerobatic Team (Pattuglia Acrobatica Nazionale Frecce Tricolori). Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Breitling bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Breitling box. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down protected winding-crown, screwed-down case back with embossed Frecce Tricolori Anniversary logo, unidirectional revolving bezel with engraved minute graduation and steel quarter-hour riders, luminous dot at 12, sapphire crystal. D. Black with painted luminous baton indexes, minute and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outermost tachometer scale, aperture for the date at 3, Frecce Tricolori emblem. Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. based Valjoux 7750, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial ,case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Approx. overall length 195 mm.