Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 07, 2011

LOT 198

BREITLING FOR BENTLEY SPECIAL EDITION Breitling, Genève, for "Bentley Motors, Chronograph, Officially Certified Chronometer,? No. 324, case No. 2016898, Ref. K 44362. Made in a special edition in 2008 to commemorate Bentley's collaboration with Breitling, sold August 17th, 2009. Fine, oversized, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date, slide-rule, fathometer and an 18K yellow gold Breitling deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, chronometer certificate, warranty and booklets.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, bi-directional rotating bezel to operate the slide-rule, screwed-down case back and crown, case back embossed with the Bentley logo, helium escape valve at 9, lapidated lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Bi-color black and matte silver with applied yellow gold tapered indexes and luminous square dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer and revolving slide-rule graduations, double aperture for the large date at 12. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 49, rhodium plated, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating fl at balance spring, index regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 50 mm. Thickness 17 mm.