Exceptional horologic works of art

Geneva, Oct 13, 2003

LOT 587

Breitling Geneve, "Chronomat Blackbird Automatic", "Serie Speciale", Ref. 13050.1. Produced circa 1999.Very fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, aeronautic scale and date, 44 hours autonomy and a stainless steel Breitling buckle.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, antimagnetic, screwed-down protected winding-crown and case back with embossed logo, unidirectional revolving bezel with 12 screws, engraved minute graduation, quarter-hour claws, tritium-coated dot at 12 o'clock, sapphire crystal. D. black with tritium-coated indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, outer tachometer- and 100 min. aeronautic graduation, concentric, the 1/5th second scale, aperture for the date; the words "S?rie Sp?ciale" in red writing above the 6. Tritium-coated "Baton" white hands, with "B" logo for the chronograph indicator. M. Cal. 13, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 44 mm.