Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 22, 2014

LOT 39

SWISS CHRONOGRAPH STEEL Swiss. Dial signed Breitlin, case No. 505888. Made in the 1940s. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph.

HKD 8,000 - 13,000

USD 1,000 - 1,700 / CHF 930 - 1,500

Sold: HKD 6,875

Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, concave lugs, screw down case back. Matte silver with painted Arabic numerals, 1/5th seconds/minute track with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, guilloche subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 45-minute register. Blued steel lozenge hands. Cal. Venus 170, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3-12*

Good

Worn

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-53-01

Good

Reprinted

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial signed. DIAM. 33.5 mm. THICKNESS 12 mm.