Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2013

LOT 217

BREITLING REF. C13356 CHRONOGRAPH STEEL & GOLD Breitling, "1884, Chronograph, Certified Chronometer, Automatic," case No. 2208341, Ref. C 13356. Made circa 2007. Fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Chronometer wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a Breitling stainless steel and yellow gold link bracelet with deployant clasp.

Three-body, massive, polished, screw-down case back, protected yellow gold screw-down winding crown, unidirectional revolving graduated yellow gold bezel with rider tabs, anti-reflective sapphire crystal. Guilloche silver with applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals and luminous dots, inset guilloche subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, outermost raised tachometer scale, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands, luminous-tipped yellow gold chronograph hand. Cal. 13, rhodium-plated, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed.