Size | Very Large 37mm |
Dial | The "Holy Grail" to Breitling collectors - a 1st Generation Chronomat - and one of the most attractive Breitling ever made. Marketed with the tag line "About the only thing this watch can't do is sign your name". Absolute original. Dial lightly aged with luminous hands and red sweep hand. |
Case | Stainless steel with bottle cap design bezel, Serial 683416 769. Rotating bezel serves as a slide rule providing numerous engineering and mathematical calculations including tachymeter (speed of an object), telemeter (distance between 2 points), percentages, interest, multiplication, division, etc. |
Movement | Just serviced and all functions operate as they should. Fitted with a Venus 175, Breitling signed movement. Marked "Premier" to reflect the more highly finished movement made in the mid-1940s. |
Age | c1945 |
Band | Complemented with an original Hadley stainless steel band, which was found with the watch, and completes the look perfectly. Will easily fit the largest of wrists, and is adjustable. |
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SKU | 0273 |