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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

LOT 309

Breitling Genève," Navitimer", Ref. 806. Produced in circa 1966. Fine, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, telemeter and slide-rule.

CHF 2,000 - 2,500

EUR 1,400 - 1,700 / USD 1,200 - 1,500

Sold: CHF 2,645

C. three-body, polished and brushed, revolving ribbed and graduated steel bezel, lapidated lugs. D. black and "guilloché" matte silver with tritium-coated Arabic numerals and indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduations for the minutes, the telemeter and the slide-rule. "Bâton" tritium-coated white hands. M. 14''', copper-coated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm.


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Grade: A

Good
Case: 4

Fair
Movement: 4*

Fair

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 4-5-01

Fair

Poor

HANDS Original

Notes

A similar watch is published in Breitling by Benno Richter, p. 131. Navitimer. 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.