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Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 26

Breitling Genève, "Chronomat Automatic", Ref. 1808. Produced in the 1970's.Fine and oversized, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, register, telemeter and slide rule.

C. three-body, polished, screwed-down case back, revolving reeded bezel, lapidated lugs. D. matte silver and black "guilloché" with applied steel and tritium-coated indexes, auxiliary dials for the 12 hour and 30 minute registers, outer graduation for tachometer, telemeter, the slide rule and decimal scale, aperture for the date. "Bâton" red tritium-coated hands. M. Cal. 11, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat baance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 49 mm.