Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, May 08, 2010

LOT 32

Breitling Cosmonaute II Special Series Breitling, "Cosmonaute Serie Speciale Etanche", No. 0787, Ref. A 12023. Made circa 1995. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with 24-hour dial, round button chronograph, registers, telemeter, slide-rule and a stainless steel Breitling deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Breitling box. To be sold without reserve

CHF 3,000 - 4,300

USD 2,900 - 4,100 / EUR 2,000 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 2,640

C. Three-body, polished, bi-directional revolving reeded and graduated bezel, faceted lugs, transparent screw-down case back, sapphire crystals. D. Midnight blue with painted luminous Arabic numerals and baton indexes in 24 hours, subsidiary guilloché silvered dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduation for the slide rule and the telemeter. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. B12, based Lemania, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shockabsorber, flat balance spring, micrometer index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41.5 mm. Thickness: 13.5 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 1

As new

Movement: 1*

As new

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

It is thought that less than 3000 examples of this series were made.