$12,500
BREITLING REF. H44363 FOR BENTLEY CHRONOGRAPH YELLOW GOLD Breitling for Bentley, "Bentley Chronograph," No. 170 / 500, No. 2159479, Ref. H44363. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces in yellow gold in 2006 to celebrate the hand-assembled 6.75 liter Bentley Arnage Limousine engine. Very fine, oversized and heavy, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold Chronometer wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, variable tachometer slide-rule, large date and an 18K yellow gold Breitling deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, bi-directional rotating textured bezel with inner variable tachometer slide-rule graduation, screwed-down case back and crown, case back embossed with the Bentley wheel logo, lapidated lugs, sapphire crystal. Tri-color black, silver and champagne with applied pink gold baton and luminous square indexes, minute and 1/4th seconds divisions, outer variable tachometer graduation, champagne guilloche subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, double aperture for the large date at 12. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 44B, rhodium-plated, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 50 mm. THICKNESS 17 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2015-12-15
