Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 04, 2003

LOT 421

Breitling Genève, "Top-Time", Ref. 810. Produced in the 1970's.Fine, gold-filled, gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer.

C. two-body, polished, stainless steel back, lapidated lugs. D. bicolored matte silver and black with applied gold indexes and tritium dots, auxiliary sunk black "guilloché" dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, outer tachometer graduation. Tritium-coated gold ?Bâton? 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. 38 mm.