234,500 CHF
Breguet, Ref. 343, made on June 3, 1948 and sold on January 3, 1952 to "La Mai-son Burma". Unique stainless steel military wristwatch with coaxial button chronograph on the winding-crown. Accompanied by Breguet certificate. three-body, polished and brushed, ridged revolving bezel, winding-crown on the 2, concave lugs. black with radium-coated Arabic numerals, auxiliary "guilloché" sunk dials for the seconds on the 8 and for the 30 minute register on the 2, outer 1/5th second scale. "Bâton" radium-coated hands. Notes The design of this watch with its single-button chronograph and oblique registers is probably unique in Breguet production. Accor-ding to the Breguet certificate, the present watch, No. 343, was manufactured on June 15, 1948 and sold to "La Maison Burma" on January 31, 1952. The off-center placement of the single push button of the chrono-graph allows the instument to be used in the easiest manner. This model was produced in one example only. This was a prototype: the watch was never produced in series.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-10-19
