$12,000
Navitimer Olympus Breitling, Genève, "Navitimer Chronograph-Certified Chronometer," No. 016/100, case No. 246209, Ref. K 19340.Made in a limited edition of 100 pieces circa 2003. Fine and rare, oversized, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellowgold chronometerwristwatchwith round button chronograph, registers, telemeter and tachometer, annual calendar with moon phases, slide rule with no fewer than 10 calculator functions for navigation and an 18K yellow gold Breitling deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original box, certificate and instruction booklet. Three-body, polished, bidirectional revolving ribbed bezel, lapidated lugs, screwed-down case back with embossed Breitling logo, sapphire crystal. Bicolor silver and champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, sunk guilloché subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, of the week, month, aperture for the moon phases, outer graduations for the telemeter, tachometer, slide-rule on an inclined silvered reserve revolving with the bezel. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 19, rhodium-plated, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 15 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-12-11
