$7,500
BREITLING UNITIME Breitling, Genève, Ref. 1-260. "Unitime Automatic", Made circa 1950. Fine and unusual, stainless steel, self-winding, center seconds, 24-hour "World Time" wristwatch with date. Three-body, polished and brushed, bi-directional revolving reeded bezel bearing the indication of 24 cities around the world, lapidated lugs. Two-tone matte silver with an outer 24-hour revolving ring dial in silver and black with painted Arabic numerals for the nocturnal and diurnal hours, concentric, applied gold baton indexes, at the center, the maps of South America, Africa, part of North America, Europe and the Middle East, aperture for the date on the 3. Steel dauphine hands. Cal. 260, copper-colored, 21 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 11.5 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-09-15
