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LOT 17

Breitling Genève, Navitimer 24 Hours, "Cosmonaute", Ref. 7662, Patent No. 11525. Produced circa 1967. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, telemeter and slide-rule.

C. three-body, polished, revolving ridged bezel, screwed-down case back and crown, lapidated concave lugs. D. black with tritium Arabic numerals in 24 hours and indexes, auxiliary "guilloché" silver sunk dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and the 30 minute registers, outer graduation for the slide rule and the telemeter. "Bâton" tritium-coated white hands. M. Cal. 178, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm.