Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 16, 2014

LOT 41

BREITLING REF. B13048 STEEL & GOLD CHRONOGRAPH Breitling, Chronograph, No. 1-27413, Ref. B13048 and subsidiary UTC Quartz watch Ref. B 61072. Made circa 2000. Fine, two-time-zone, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Breitling deployant clasp and subsidiary quartz watch in the first link at 6. Accompanied by a Breitling fitted box.

Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down protected winding crown, screw-down case back with embossed Breitling logo, unidirectional revolving bezel with engraved minute graduation and gold quarter-hour riders, luminous dot at 12, sapphire crystal. Dark green with applied yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer tachometer scale and 1/5th seconds track, champagne subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. based Valjoux 7750, rhodium-plated, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism.