Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 10, 2010

LOT 16

Breitling Steel Navitimer Breitling, Genève, "Navitimer," case No. 1088028, Ref. 806. Made in the late 1960s. Fine and rare, large, 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.