Contemporary, Limited Edition and Col...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Dec 01, 1999

LOT 157

Breitling "Navitimer Rattrapante Etanche",No 034/100, made in 1996.Extremely fine and rare, water-resistant down to30 m., self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with split-seconds round button chronograph, registers, telemeter, date and slide-rule with not less than 10 calculator functions for the navigation (first introduced by Breitling in 1942), with 18K yellow gold Breitling deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box and certificate.

C. three body, polished and brushed, revolving ribbed and graduated bezel, lapidated lugs, dedicated back, sapphire crystal. D. dark blue and matte silver with applied gold Arabic numerals and indexes, "guilloché" auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, outer graduations for the telemeter and the slide-rule. "Bâton" tritium gold hands, the main hand featuring an anchor-shaped counterweight while the flyback hand is a Breitling "B". M. Cal. 34, 11 1/2 ''' rhodiumplated, 39 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, 5 ajustments, antishock system, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 18K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.