Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 14, 2011

LOT 172

BREITLING - NAVITIMER ?FINANCIAL RESOURCES? Breitling, Navitimer, No. 289859, Ref. D13322. Made as part of a special series for the ?Top of the Table? annual meeting in 2002. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, chronometer, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold aviator's wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, telemeter, slide rule and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Breitling link bracelet with deployant clasp, engraved inside: FINANCIAL RESOURCES ? TOP OF THE TABLE. Accompanied by the original fitted box with commemorative plaque, Chronometer Certificate, slide rule and booklets.

USD 3,000 - 4,000

CHF 2,300 - 3,000 / EUR 2,000 - 2,800

Sold: USD 4,000

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, revolving ribbed and graduated bezel, straight lugs with faceted sides, dedicated screw-down case back, sapphire crystal. D. Bicolor silver and champagne with luminous Arabic numerals, sunk guilloché subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduations for the minutes, the tachometer, the telemeter and the slide-rule, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold epee hands, the chronograph hand featuring an anchor-shaped ?B? counterweight and red arrow. M. Cal. 7750, rhodium-plated, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx. overall length 195 mm.

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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 1*

As new

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original