6,670 CHF
Breitling Genève, Unitime Automatic, Ref. 1 260,circa 1951.Fine, 24 hours, "World Time", water-resistant, centre-seconds, self-winding, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date. three body, polished, revolving reeded bezel bearing the indication of 24 cities around the world, lapidated lugs. two-tone silver with outer 24 hours revolving ring dial for diurnal and nocturnal hours with painted Arabic numerals, concentric, applied steel indexes, at the centre, the maps of South America, Africa, part of North America and part of Europe, aperture for the date. "Dauphine" steel hands. Notes The first models of "World Time" wristwatches were launched by Breitling in 1946.A similar watch is published in Breitling, by Benno Richter,p. 83.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-11-13
