$14,375
Breitling Geneve, "Astromat, Chronograph Automatic, Quantième Perpétuel,” Ref. K18406. Produced in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, two time-zone, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, round button chronograph, register, tachometer and lunar calendar. Accompanied by a heavy 18K yellow gold Breitling link bracelet. Two-body, solid, polished, dedicated case back embossedwith logo, graduated concave bezel with fluted edge, smallstraight lugs. White with applied yellow gold bâton indexesand tritium dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minuteregisters, the second time-zone in 12 hours set by a pusher onthe band, the days of the week, of the month, the months, bluering dial for the leap year, outer tachometer graduation, apertureon the 3 for the moon phases and the age of the moon sector.tritium coated yellow gold "bâton" hands. Cal. 11, mechan-icalwith automatic winding.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 40 mm. Thickness: 12 mm.Approx. overall length: 185 mm. Notes A similar watch is published in "Breitling,” by Benno Richter, p. 135.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-03-23
