Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Dec 06, 2000

LOT 236

Breitling, Navitimer Rattrapante Etanche, No. 034/100, made in 1996.Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant to 30 m., 18K rose gold gentleman's wristwatch with 42 hours autonomy, split-seconds round button chronograph, registers, date and slide-rule with not less than 10 calculator functions for the navigations (first introduced by Breitling in 1942), with navy blue buffalo hide strap and 18K rose gold Breitling deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. three body, solid, polished, revolving bidirectional ribbed bezel with graduations for the slide rule, lapidated lugs, dedicated back, sapphire crystal. D. dark blue with applied gold Arabic numerals and indexes, 'guilloché' silver auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, outer graduation for the slide rule function. 'Bâton' tritium-coated gold hands, the main hand featuring an anchor-shaped counterweight, the flyback hand is a Breitling 'B'. M. 11 1/2''', cal.4, rhodium plated, 39 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 18K gold rotor, 21,600 beats/hr.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm.