$9,600
Cosmonaute II Breitling, Genève, "Cosmonaute", No. 0054, Ref. K12322. Made in the 1990s. Fine, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with 24-hour dial, round button chronograph, registers, telemeter, slide-rule and 18K gold Breitling buckle. Accompanied by a Breitling presentation case. To be sold without reserve The Billy Blanks Collection Three-body, polished, bi-directional revolving reeded and graduated gold bezel, lapidated lugs, case back engraved with Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature conversions, sapphire crystal. Midnight blue with painted luminous Arabic numerals and baton indexes in 24 hours, subsidiary guilloché silvered dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduation for the slide rule and the telemeter. Luminous gold baton hands. Cal. B12, based Lemania, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41.5 mm. Thickness: 13.5 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-06-11