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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 55

Breitling, Genève, Chronomat, Ref. 808, circa 1966.Fine, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, telemeter and slide rule.

CHF 2,200 - 2,600

Sold: CHF 2,760

C. Three-body, polished, revolving reeded bezel, lapidated lugs. D. black and ?guilloché? silver with applied steel and tritium indexes, auxiliary seconds and 45 minutes register dials, outer graduation for the telemeter, the slide-rule and the decimal scale. ?Dauphine? tritium-coated steel hands. M. 13??? with switching wheel, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: * 3 - 5
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

A similar watch is published in Breitling by Benno Richter, p. 88.