10,620 CHF
"Navitimer Olympus" Breitling, Genève, "Navitimer –Chronograph-Certified Chronometer", case No. 246209, Ref. K19340, No 16/100. Made in a limited edition of 100 pieces circa 2003. Fine and rare, oversized, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's chronometer wristwatch with 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. Three-body, polished, bi-directional revolving ribbed bezel, lapidated lugs, case back with conversion scales, sapphire crystal. Two-tone, matte silver and champagne with applied gold baton indexes, 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 and the slide-rule. Luminous gold "épée" 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:
2007-05-13
