Lot 499

Breitling à Genève, "Chrono-Matic", Case No. 1378828, Ref. 2118, Cal. 12, 36 x 40 mm, circa 1971
An automatic vintage wrist chronograph with date in the eccentric style of the early 1970's
Case: 18k gold, push back, crown on the left. Dial: silvered, brown, tachy scale.
Breitling launched the Chrono-Matic in 1969 as one of the first automatic chronograph movements ever; it had an original, distinctive look that was typical for the 1970s. The movement of the Breitling Chrono-Matic 2118 model is based on the Buren calibre 1282 with micro rotor, which was not originally intended to include a chronograph mechanism. For this reason the crown was place on the left side of the case.
The tonneau-shaped gold case is in excellent condition and reflects the prevailing taste of the time. The dial features an outer tachymeter scale on a chocolate-brown ground and two subsidiary dials in the same colour. The colour scheme presents an interesting contrast to the green luminous mass of the large baton hands and the indexes and the orange-coloured central second hand – an extremely attractive timepiece for connoisseurs of rare, 1970s vintage watches.

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