Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 12, 2003

LOT 357

Breitling "Navitimer QP", Chronographe Quantième Perpétuel Etanche, No. 13/25. Produced in a limited edition of 25 examples in 1993.Very fine and very rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's astronomic wristwatch with moon phases, perpetual calendar, 52 weeks, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, a logarithmic slide-rule and an 18K white gold Breitling deployant clasp. Accompanied by a blue leather Breitling fitted box made especially to wind three watches at the same time by means of batteries, and with the possibility of storing four Breitling wristwatches as well.

C.three-body, polished, graduated revolving bezel, screwed-down case back with embossed logo, lapidated lugs, sapphire crystal. D. blue and matte silver with tritium and steel indexes, auxiliary dials: at 12 for the seconds , the 60-minute register, the four seasons and the days of the month; at 3 for the 52 weeks and the aperture for the moon phases; at 6 for the days of the week, the 12-hour register and the 24 hours; at 9 for the 30-minute register, the months and the leap year; outer tachomter graduation in miles and km and a logarithmic slide-rule. "Bâton" tritium-coated hands. M. Cal. 39, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 37 jewels, monometallic balance, adjusted, shock- absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 41 mm.