Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong - Kong, Oct 09, 2010

LOT 11

Breitling, Genève, ?Unitime, Automatic?, case No. 633500, Ref. 1260. Made in 1947. Very fine and unusual, self-winding, center-seconds, rose gold-plated wristwatch with world time system and red date. To be sold without reserve

HKD 23,000 - 30,000

USD 3,000 - 4,000 / EUR 2,300 - 3,000

Sold: HKD 31,250

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, bi-directional revolving reeded bezel bearing the indication of 24 cities around the world, lapidated lugs, snap-on steel case-back. D. Two-tone matte silver with an outer 24-hour revolving ring dial in silver and black with painted radial Arabic numerals for the nocturnal and diurnal hours, concentric, applied gold baton indexes, at the center, partial maps of North and South America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East, aperture for the red date on the 3. Pink gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 260, based Felsa 711, coppercolored, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Breitling's first World Time wristwatches were launched in 1946. A similar watch is published in Breitling, by Benno Richter, p. 37.