12th Jul, 2025 9:30 GMT/BST
Breitling: A Plated and Steel Chronograph Wristwatch, signed Breitling, Geneve, model: Top Time, ref: 2003, circa 1970, (calibre Venus 188) manual wound lever movement signed, silvered dial with baton markers, two dials for seconds and 45 minute register, outer tachymeter scale, case with buttons in the band to operate the chronograph, steel snap-on back stamped Breitling and numbered 2003, inside back cover stamped Breitling Watch Ltd
35mm wide
Sold for £550
Estimated at £500 - £700
Case lugs and chronograph button with the plated surfaces rubbed in parts, Breitling crown is discoloured, later Breitling strap, buckle not by Breitling, plexi glass with small scratches, dial is clean, hand setting correctly, winding smoothly, chronograph is working, start button is working and flyback button is working, chronograph register hand is working, movement is working.
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Auction: Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver, 12th Jul, 2025
Held three times a year, the Fine Sales offer the top tier of Jewellery, Watches and Silver.
Jewellery has a focus on important diamonds and coloured stones, fine period pieces and jewellery by important designers such as Cartier, Bulgari, Boucheron, and Van Cleef & Arpels.
Watches include those by the leading names in the collectable and luxury watch market, including Jaeger le Coultre, Rolex, Audemars Piguet, Cartier, Patek Philippe, Omega, Breitling, Tag Heuer and Vacheron & Constantin.
The Silver section of the sale includes flatware, tableware, centrepieces and objects of vertu. The department handles items spanning five hundred years of the silversmiths’ craft, from antique silver made by the likes of Paul Storr, Robert Hennell, Robert Garrard and the Chawner Family to pieces by the top names in modern and contemporary silver design such as Gerald Benney, Stuart Devlin, Hector Miller and Brian Asquith.
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