Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 10, 2013

LOT 222

BREITLING REF. 806 NAVITIMER AOPA LOGO STEEL & GOLD PLATED Breitling, Navitimer, case No. 1163437, Ref. 806. Made circa 1958. Fine, stainless steel and gold-plated wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, telemeter and slide-rule.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, bidirectional revolving reeded and graduated bezel, lapidated lugs, snap on steel case back with dedication dated 1969. D. Bicolor black and silver with luminous baton indexes and Arabic 12, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds scale, graduations for the telemeter and slide-rule. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. Venus 178, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 40 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm.