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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

LOT 308

Breitling Genève, "Navitimer Chrono-Matic", Ref. 1806, No 11525/67. Produced in the 1970's. Fine, large, octagonal, self-winding, stainless steel, water-resistant, gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, telemeter, slide-rule and date, bearing the winding-crown on the 9 and the chronograph pushers on the 2 and on the 4.

CHF 1,500 - 2,000

EUR 1,000 - 1,400 / USD 900 - 1,200

C. three-body, polished and brushed, revolving reeded and graduated black and white bezel, screwed case back with logo, lapidated lugs. D. black and "guilloché" matte silver with tritium-coated Arabic numerals and indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outer graduations for the minutes, the telemeter and the slide-rule, aperture for the date in red Arabic numerals. "Bâton" tritium-coated white hands. M. 15 3/4''', gilt brass, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, microrotor housed in the basic movement. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 49 mm.


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Grade: A

Good
Case: 4

Fair
Movement: 4

Fair
Dial: 4-5-01

Fair

Poor

HANDS Original

Notes

A similar watch is published in "Breitling" by Benno Richter, pp. 53, 121 and 122. Navitimer Chrono-Matic Trade-mark registered in La Chaux-de-Fonds on 26 February 1955. "Chrono-Matic", the first self-winding Navitimer was launched on the market in 1969, patented together with the manufacturers Dubois et Dépraz SA. The design of this watch required that the winding-crown had to be moved to the position of the 9, at first what seems like a surprising innovation that was agreed to be the best. Since obviously this watch does not often need to be wound up by hand, then it follows that the chronograph buttons would be better located on the right side of the case.