Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 221

Breitling Ref. 7806 Navitimer Breitling, Genève, "Navitimer", case No. 1408261, Ref. 7806. Made in 1973. Fine and rare, large, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date, slide-rule and a stainless steel Breitling buckle.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, revolving reeded and graduated steel bezel, lapidated lugs, snap-on case back. D. Bi-color black and guilloché matte silver with luminous baton indexes and Arabic numeral, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer slide-rule, aperture for the date. Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. 7740, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 14 mm.