Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 28, 2014

LOT 216

BREITLING REF. J19340 NAVITIMER ANNUAL CALENDAR WHITE GOLD Breitling, Genève, "Navitimer Chronograph-Certified Chronometer," No. 05/25, Ref. J 19340. Made in a limited edition of 25 pieces circa 2003. Fine and very rare, large, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold Chronometer wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, telemeter and tachometer, annual calendar with moon phases, slide rule with no fewer than 10 calculator functions for navigation and a stainless steel Breitling buckle.

Three-body, polished, bidirectional revolving ribbed bezel, lapidated lugs, screwed-down case back with embossed Breitling logo, sapphire crystal. Bicolor black and white with applied white gold baton indexes and luminous dots, sunk guilloché subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, of the week, month, aperture for the moon phases at 3, outer graduations for the telemeter, tachometer, slide- rule on an inclined silvered reserve revolving with the bezel. Luminous white gold baton hands. Cal. 19, rhodium-plated, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator.