Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong - Kong, Oct 09, 2010

LOT 386

Breitling Chronomat Breitling, 1884, "Chronomat", case No. 153232, Ref. B 13050.1. Sold on April 17th, 1996. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Breitling rouleaux bracelet with concealed double deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box, guarantee, booklet and extra link.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down protected gold windingcrown, screwed-down case back with embossed logo, unidirectional revolving bezel with engraved minute graduation and gold quarter-hour riders, luminous dot at 12, sapphire crystal. D. Bi-color, grey and blue, inner guilloche decoration, with applied gold baton indexes, luminous dots, minute and 1/5th seconds division, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outermost tachometer scale, aperture for the date at 3. Luminous gold baton hands. M. Cal. based Valjoux 7750, rhodiumplated, 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 14.5 mm. Approx. overall length 200 mm