Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 10, 2010

LOT 15

Breitling Steel Navitimer Breitling, Genève, "Navitimer," Ref. 806. Made in the late 1960s. Fine and rare, large, water-resistant, stainless steel aviator's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, telemeter and slide-rule.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back with engraved logo, bidirectional revolving reeded bezel, faceted lugs, snap-on back. D. Black with luminous baton indexes and Arabic 12, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer telemeter and slide-rule graduations. Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. 178, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 12 mm.