Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 20, 2016

LOT 40

BREITLING FOR BENTLEY REF. J47362 GMT CHRONO WHITE GOLD & DIAMONDS Breitling, Genève, for Bentley, Certified Chronometer, No. 06/25case No.2479552. Ref. J 47362. Made in a limited edition of 25 pieces in 2009. Very fine and rare, large, two time zone, self-winding, water resistant to 100 m, 18K white gold and diamond wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and a 18K white gold Breitling deployant clasp set with 113 round diamonds. Accompanied by the original fitted box, Chronometer certificate, warranty, instruction manual and hang tag.

Three-body, solid, polished, engine-turned gold bezel, screwed-down case back and crown, lugs set with 52 round diamonds, pusher at 10 to advance the red 24-hour GMT hand, case back embossed with the Bentley logo and the details of the edition, sapphire crystal. Blue mother-of-pearl with applied diamond-set white gold indexes, Arabic 12 and luminous squares, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds track, outer most 24-hour graduations for the second time zone, most outer GMT disk with 24 major cities, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous white gold baton hands, red arrow GMT hand. Cal. 24, rhodium-plated, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism.