$2,500
Breitling Stainless Steel “Premier” Chronograph Breitling, Genève, "Premier," case No. 595363, Ref. 788. Made circa 1960. Fine, antimagnetic, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer. Two-body, polished and brushed, stepped inclined bezel, lapidated lugs, screw-down case back. Matte silver with luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, outermost tachometer graduation to 1000 UPH. Luminous blued steel baton hands. Cal. 178, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed, case signed Chase Watch Corp. Swiss. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-09-15
