Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 11, 2014

LOT 239

BREITLING REF. C23340 - MONTBRILLANT LEGENDE - STEEL & YELLOW GOLD Montbrillant Legende Breitling, "Chronographe Chronometre Certifié", Montbrillant Legende, case No. 2310932, Ref. C23340. Made circa 2007. Fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant stainless steel and yellow gold Chronometer wristwatch with round-button chronograph, register, tachometer, slide rule, date and a stainless steel and yellow gold Breitling bracelet with deployant clasp.

CHF 1,800 - 2,800

HKD 15,000 - 23,000 / USD 2,000 - 3,200

Sold: CHF 2,250

Three-body, polished, bidirectional rotating gold bezel for the slide rule, large curved lugs, screw-down back engraved with metric measurement global conversion chart, sapphire crystal. Matte silver with applied gold lozenge hour indexes, luminous dots, outer minute divisions, inner red scale calibrated to 100, outer tachometer scale, slide rule on an inclined black reserve rotating via the bezel, date aperture at 6, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Luminous gold alpha hands. Cal. Breitling 23, rhodium-plated, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self compensating flat balance spring, index regulator, hack mechanism.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 46 mm. THICKNESS 15 mm. Approx. overall length 195 mm.