$1,800
Gold-Plated Navitimer Breitling, Genève, "Navitimer," case No. 1146059, Ref. 806. Made in the late 1960s. Fine, large, water-resistant, gold plated and stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, telemeter and slide-rule. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back with logo, bidirectional revolving reeded and graduated bezel, lapidated lugs. Black with luminous indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer telemeter and slide-rule graduations. Luminous baton hands. Cal. 178, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-03-05
