106th Auction
2022/5/21
Lot 495
CertinaDS-2 Chronometer Coronation
A heavy vintage wristwatch with date - CHRONOMETER
estimated
6.000—8.000 €
Price realized
-
specific features
Case
18 K gold, screw back with turtle logo, original 18 K gold bracelet, bracelet length 145 mm, total length 185 mm.
Dial
Gilt.
Movement
Automatic.
Case no.108073/5810 300
Ref.346.825
Cal.25-651
Diam.38 x 42 mm
Circa1970
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.133 g
From 1960 to 1971, only 8821 mechanical chronometers were produced at Certina. All with the 25-65 movement (without date) or 25-651 (with date). The DS-2 was introduced on the market in 1968 as a follow-up to the successful DS line that had been launched in 1959. By that time more than 300,000 of the DS timepieces had already been sold. A distinctive detail of the DS-2 self-winding version is the screw-down case back with the circular wavy relief and the turtle in the centre. This watch, the so-called Coronation, was Certina's top model of the 1970s.