$920
Breitling Genève, "Navitimer Chrono-Matic", Ref. 1806, Pat. No 11525/67. Produced in the 1970's. Fine, large, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, telemeter, slide-rule and date, with the winding-crown on the 9 and the chronograph pushers on the 2 and on the 4. three-body, polished and brushed, revolving reeded and graduated black and white bezel, screwed-down case back with logo, lapidated lugs. black and "guilloché" matte silver with tritium-coated Arabic numerals and indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outer graduations for the minutes, the telemeter and the slide-rule, and the 1/5th second scale, aperture for the date in red Arabic numerals. "Bâton" tritium-coated white hands. Cal. 12, gilt brass, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, microrotor housed in the basic movement. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 49 mm. Notes A similar watch is published in "Breitling" by Benno Richter, pp. 53, 121 and 122. Navitimer Chrono-Matic Trademark registered in La Chaux-de-Fonds on 26 February 1955. "Chrono-Matic", the first self-winding Navitimer was launched in 1969. The design of this watch required that the winding-crown be moved to the position of the 9. Since this watch does not need to be wound by hand, it follows that the chronograph buttons are better located o
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-09-25
