Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 14, 2011

LOT 91

BREITLING - CHRONOMAT Breitling, Genève, Chronomat, case No. 217012, Ref. 808. Made in the 1960's. Fine, yellow gold-plated and stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, telemeter and slide-rule. Accompanied by a Breitling box. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished, bi-directional revolving reeded and graduated bezel, lapidated lugs, snap-on steel case back. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold faceted dart indexes, concentric 1/5th seconds track with 5-minute/ seconds Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 45-minute register, outer red centesimal scale, outer graduation for the telemeter and the slide-rule. Yellow gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 13???, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 11 mm.