Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 25, 2012

LOT 141

BREITLING REF. 806 COSMONAUT, STEEL Breitling, Genève, Cosmonaut, case No. 1350488, Ref. 806. Made circa 1985. Fine, large, stainless steel wristwatch with 24-hour dial, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, telemeter and slide-rule.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, bi-directional revolving reeded and graduated bezel, lapidated lugs. D. Bicolor black and silver with luminous Arabic numerals and indexes in 24 hours, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduation for the slide-rule and the telemeter. Luminous steel bâton hands. M. Cal. 178, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, blued steel fl at balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 13 mm.