Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 25, 2012

LOT 142

BREITLING REF. 806 COSMONAUT Breitling, Genève, Cosmonaut, case No. 930852, Ref. 806. Made circa 1980. Fine, large, gold-plated and stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, telemeter and slide-rule.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, bi-directional revolving reeded and graduated bezel, lapidated lugs, snap-on case back. D. Bicolor black and silver with luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduation for the slide-rule and the telemeter. Luminous 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.