Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Dec 11, 2014
LOT 176
BREITLING REF. 2116 CHRONO-MATIC YELLOW GOLD Breitling, Genève, "Chrono-Matic", case No. 1288962, Ref. 2116. Made in the 1970s. Fine and rare, cushion-shaped, selfwinding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with left-handed crown, round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer and pulsometer scales.
USD 5,000 - 7,000
HKD 39,000 - 54,000 / CHF 4,800 - 6,800
Two-body, polished and brushed, inverted bezel, lapidated lugs, snap-on case back. Bicolor black and matte yellow with applied luminous blackened yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary 30-minute and 12-hour register dials, outer 1/5th seconds scale, outermost tachometer and pulsometer scales, aperture for the date. Luminous blackened yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 11, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating blued steel flat balance spring, micro-rotor housed within the movement.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-9 |
Good Scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-8-01 |
Good Slightly scratched HANDS Original |