Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015

LOT 176

BREITLING AVENGER Breitling, "1884, Chronomètre, Automatic", "Avenger", case No. 538009, Ref. E 13360. Sold on April 4th 2005. Fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, 1/100th of an hour dial display and a stainless steel Breitling buckle. Accompanied by a Breitling box, instructions and (void) warranty, attestation de chronometre, authorized distributors and instruments for professionals.

Three-body, massive, polished, screw-down back with conversion scale for weights and measurements used in aviation, protected screw-down winding crown, uni-directional revolving graduated bezel with rider tabs, anti-reflective sapphire crystal. Matte black with applied steel Arabic numerals and luminous dot and triangular indexes, inset guilloché subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/ seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, outermost raised 1/100th of an hour dial display, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands, luminous red-tipped steel chronograph hand. Cal. 13, rhodium plated, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring.