Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 28, 2014

LOT 331

BREITLING REF 7104 CHRONOGRAPH STEEL Breitling, Genève, Antimagnetic, case No. 1412155, Ref. 7104. Made in the 1970s. Fine, tonneau-shaped, antimagnetic, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and date.

Three-body, polished and brushed, black bezel with tachometer graduation to 400 UPH, hooded lugs, snap-on case back. Bicolor satiné silver and black with luminous bâton indexes, subsidiary oval dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds track, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous steel bâton hands, red chrono hand. Cal. 7740, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.