Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 23

BREITLING REF. J18406 PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WHITE GOLD Breitling, Genève, "Chronograph Automatic, Quantième Perpétuel," Ref. J18406. Made circa 2010. Very fine and rare, heavy, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases, round- button chronograph, register, tachometer, lunar calendar and a heavy 18K white gold Breitling bracelet with deployant clasp.

Three-body, solid, polished, dedicated case back embossed with logo, bidirectional rotating graduated bezel with fluted edge, small straight lapidated lugs, correctors on the band, sapphire crystal. White with applied white gold bâton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds concentric with date, the 30-minute register concentric with the months and leap-year indication, the 12-hour register concentric with the days of the week, outer tachometer graduation, aperture at 3 for the moon phases and the age of the moon sector. Luminous white gold baton hands. Cal. 2892-2, rhodium-plated, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism.