Contemporary, Limited Edition and Col...

New York, Grand Havana Room, May 13, 1999

LOT 89

Breitling, Navitimer Rattrapante Etanche, No. 034/100, made in 1996. Extremely fine and rare, water-resistant down to 30 m., self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with split-second round button chronograph, registers, telemeter, date and slide-rule with no less than 10 calculator functions for the navigation (first introduced by Breitling in 1942), with 18K yellow gold Breitling deployant clasp, fitted box and certificate.

C. polished, satined, revolving reeded and graduated bezel, lapidated lugs, dedicated back, sapphire crystal. D. dark blue and matte silver with applied gold Arabic numerals and indexes + " guilloche" auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, outer graduations for the telemeter and the slide-rule. "Baton" tritium gold hands, the main hand featuring an anchorshaped counterweight while the flyback hand is a Breitling " B". M. mechanical. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm.