Collector’s Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Grand Havana Room, New York, Mar 13, 2002

LOT 9

Breitling Genève, “Navitimer 92 Chronograph”, Ref. K 30021. Produced circa 1977. Fine, large, octagonal, self-winding, 18K yellow gold, water-resistant, gentleman’s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, telemeter and slide-rule, and an 18K yellow gold Breitling deployant clasp. Blue dial

USD 2,000 - 2,500

Sold: USD 2,760

C. three-body, solid, polished, bi-directional revolving ridged and graduated matte silver bezel, screwed-down case back with logo, lapidated lugs. D. black and “guilloché” matte silver with tritium-coated Arabic numerals and indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, outer graduation for the 1/5th second, the minutes, the slide-rule and the telemeter. “Bâton” tritium-coated hands. M. Cal. 11 ''', rhodium-plated, 37 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 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

A similar watch is published in “Breitling” by Benno Richter, p. 131. Navitimer. Trademark registered in La Chaux-de-Fonds on February 26, 1955. “Chrono-Matic”, the first self-winding Navitimer, was launched in 1969. It was patented together with the manufacturers Dubois et Dupraz SA. The design of this watch required the winding-crown to be moved to the “9” position, which at first seemed like a surprising innovation. Since this watch does not often need to be manually wound, it follows that the chronograph buttons would be better located on the right side of the case.