$805
Breitling Genève, "Co Pilot", Ref. 7650, No 1278034. Produced circa 1969. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and revolving matte silver, blue and red bezel with painted Arabic numerals. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, graduated bezel, lapidated lugs. black with tritium-coated indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary sunk matte silver dials for the seconds, the 15 minute with red and blue graduation and the 12 hour registers. "Bâton" tritium-coated white and orange hands. Notes Co Pilot. In the 1960's, Breitling, qualified supplier to the US Military and to the majority of the world's aircraft manufacturers and airlines, launched the Co Pilot model. This model is a unique wristwatch with a 15 minutes register for close timing and 12 hours recorder, with a large, easy-to-read and luminous dial. The watch bears an outer locking bezel which can be set as a lapsed time for Estimated Time of Arrival or for various time zones. At the same period, 20th Century-Fox motion picture studio showed close-ups of Breitling watches in various films. In 1967, the "Co Pilot" watch was worn by Raquel Welsh in the film "Fathom".
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-09-25
