Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015

LOT 158

BREITLING REF. K44355 CHRONOGRAPH CHRONOMETER YELLOW GOLD Breitling, "1884, Chronograph, Certified Chronometer, Automatic," No. 0699, case No. 293241, Ref. K44355. Made circa 2008. Fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold Chronometer wristwatch with date, square button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a Breitling 18K yellow gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by guarantee (blank) and instruction booklet.

Three-body, polished, screw-down case back, protected screw- down winding crown, unidirectional revolving graduated bezel with rider tabs, anti-reflective sapphire crystal. Bicolor black and champagne with applied yellow baton indexes and luminous dots, guilloche subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds track and tachometer scale to 500 UPH, double aperture for the large date at 12. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 13, rhodium-plated, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism.