Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 223

Breitling, "Chronomat". Breitling, Chronomat, case No. 04944, Ref. 81.950. Made in the 1980s. Fine, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and date. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, steel revolving and graduated bezel with 12 gold support screws and 4 gold rider tabs at the quarter hours, gold push buttons and winding crown, screwed-down case back and crown, sapphire crystal. D. Bi-color black and champagne with applied luminous baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary guilloché gold-ring dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minutes/seconds division, outer most tachometer scale, aperture for the date. M. Cal based on Valjoux 7750, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator, hack mechanism. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Dial and case signed.