Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 08, 2011

LOT 172

Breitling Pink Gold ?Premier? Chronograph Breitling, Genève, "Premier," case No. 667059, Ref. 788. Made in the 1950's. Fine 18K pink gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with luminous Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track and tachometer scale to 1000 UPH, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Luminous blued steel baton hands. M. Cal. 13???, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.