Lot 243

Breitling à Genève, "Super Ocean", Case No. 1382388, Ref. 2005, Cal. Val 7731, 40 mm, circa 1972
A diver's rare vintage wristwatch with chronograph display window at "6" and central minute counter
Case: steel, screw back with engraving, reeded turnable bezel. Dial: silvered, black.
The SuperOcean rerefence 2005 is a reliable diving chronograph developed by Breitling that some would call a "simple" chronograph, because it only tracks minutes and not seconds; it does it, however, in a very comfortable, easy to ready way which is due to the central hand with a square tip. The dial also has a circular cutout at 6 o’clock which indicates whether the chronograph is engaged or not - the opening shows a small black dot when the chronograph is not working and a large light-coloured dot when it is; when the chronograph is stopped, a small light-coloured dot is displayed. A particularly rare feature of this SuperOcean model is the multi-coloured "Yachttimer" bezel - when the watch was originally purchased the customer had the option of replacing the standard diver’s bezel with the multi-coloured Yachttimer bezel.