Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
LOT 240
BREITLING REF. 809 COSMONAUT 24-HOUR DIAL STEEL Breitling, Genève, Cosmonaut, case No. 1305395, Ref. 809. Made in the 1970's. Fine, large, stainless steel wristwatch with 24-hour dial, round button chronograph, registers, telemeter, slide-rule and a stainless steel Breitling buckle.
USD 2,000 - 3,000
HKD 15,500 - 23,000 / CHF 2,000 - 2,900
Sold: USD 6,000
Three-body, polished, bidirectional revolving reeded and graduated bezel, lapidated lugs, snap-on case back. Bicolor black and silver with luminous Arabic 24-hour numerals, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduation for the telemeter, outermost silver scale for the slide-rule revolving with the bezel. Luminous white baton hands. Cal. 178, copper color, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, blued steel flat balance spring.
