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Sale date : 11/06/2024
Country : United Kingdom


Sothebys #N11526 - 2024-06 - Fine Watches
London
Lot ID : 519
 
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• EUR
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Not sold
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Estimation :
• 8000 - 16000
• 9339 - 18678
• 8582 - 17165


Brand : Breitling
Collection : Breitling Other Collection
Model : Breitling Other Model
Reference : Breitling - 817


Category : Wrist Watch
Period : 1940's
Watch ID : ACCESSORIES
Movement : Mechanical
Caliber : 236 T
Case material : Steel
Dial color : Black
Reference Detail : 817 |


Breitling Reference 817 | A stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet, Made for the Italian Army, Circa 1975


Description : Lot Details Description Dial: black Caliber: cal. 236 mechanical, 17 jewels Case: stainless steel, screw down case back Case number: E.I. 0’451 Closure: stainless steel expandable bracelet Size: 39.5 mm diameter, bracelet circumference approximately 175 mm Signed: case, dial and movement Box: yes Papers: no Accessories: Breitling presentation box Condition Report Catalogue Note Breilting is no stranger to aviation, having made a name for themselves with the Chronomat series in the 1940s for producing high-quality slide rule computers. The present watch is part of a small batch of watches that were produced in 1974 and 1975 for Italian Military Helicopter Pilots. Following the ‘CP-1’ designation that other Italian Military watches in similar period used, the Breitling 817 follows a straightforward design brief. Highly legible, highly luminous, and incredibly robust – everything you would expect from a military timepiece. These watches are seldom seen, and the present example is of particularly noteworthy provenance, as it was part of a new-old-stock lot of 40 that were sold by the Italian government in 2016. As it was sold then, the watch is still mated to it’s original Japanese made stretch bracelet, and Breitling supplied box stamped ‘Cronometro da Polso Mod. 1 Unif.’ While nobody knows the exact amount of these watches that were produced, scholarship suggests that there were less than 1,000 watches made in total. This makes this Breitling 817 as beautiful as it is rare.

Breitling Reference 817 | A stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet, Made for the Italian Army, Circa 1975




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Brand : Breitling

Collection : Breitling Other Collection

Model : Breitling Other Model

Reference : Breitling - 817




Category : Wrist Watch

Period : 1940's

Watch ID : ACCESSORIES

Movement : Mechanical

Caliber : 236 T

Case material : Steel

Dial color : Black

Reference Detail : 817 |




Description : Lot Details Description Dial: black Caliber: cal. 236 mechanical, 17 jewels Case: stainless steel, screw down case back Case number: E.I. 0’451 Closure: stainless steel expandable bracelet Size: 39.5 mm diameter, bracelet circumference approximately 175 mm Signed: case, dial and movement Box: yes Papers: no Accessories: Breitling presentation box Condition Report Catalogue Note Breilting is no stranger to aviation, having made a name for themselves with the Chronomat series in the 1940s for producing high-quality slide rule computers. The present watch is part of a small batch of watches that were produced in 1974 and 1975 for Italian Military Helicopter Pilots. Following the ‘CP-1’ designation that other Italian Military watches in similar period used, the Breitling 817 follows a straightforward design brief. Highly legible, highly luminous, and incredibly robust – everything you would expect from a military timepiece. These watches are seldom seen, and the present example is of particularly noteworthy provenance, as it was part of a new-old-stock lot of 40 that were sold by the Italian government in 2016. As it was sold then, the watch is still mated to it’s original Japanese made stretch bracelet, and Breitling supplied box stamped ‘Cronometro da Polso Mod. 1 Unif.’ While nobody knows the exact amount of these watches that were produced, scholarship suggests that there were less than 1,000 watches made in total. This makes this Breitling 817 as beautiful as it is rare.


Sale date : 12/11/2016
Country : Switzerland


Phillips #CH080216 - 2016-11 - The Geneva Watch Auction: Four
Geneva
Lot ID : 69
 
• CHF
• EUR
• USD
Sold :
• 13750
• 11219
• 15720
Estimation :
• 6000 - 8000
• 4895 - 6527
• 6860 - 9146


Brand : Breitling
Collection : Breitling Other Collection
Model : Breitling Other Model
Reference : Breitling - 817


Category :
Case material : Steel
Dial color : Black
Reference Detail : 817 .
Complications : Chronometre


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Description : Ref. 817.A fine and very rare stainless steel chronograph wri...

Breitling




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Brand : Breitling

Collection : Breitling Other Collection

Model : Breitling Other Model

Reference : Breitling - 817




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Case material : Steel

Dial color : Black

Reference Detail : 817 .

Complications : Chronometre




Description : Ref. 817.A fine and very rare stainless steel chronograph wri...


Sale date : 15/05/2011
Country : Switzerland


Antiquorum #250 - 2011-05 - Importantes Montres de Collection
Geneva
Lot ID : 218
 
• CHF
• EUR
• USD
Sold :
• 4125
• 3366
• 4716
Estimation :
• 2700 - 4000
• 2203 - 3264
• 3087 - 4573


Brand : Breitling
Collection : Breitling Other Collection
Model : Breitling Other Model
Reference : Breitling - 817


Category : Wrist Watch
Period : 1970's
Caliber : 13
Case material : Steel
Case form : Round
Dial color : Black
Reference Detail : 817
Thickness : 12 mm
Complications : Chronometre, Date


Breitling, Ref. 817.Breitling, Chronograph. Made in the 1970's..Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round.button chronograph and register.


Description : C. Three-body, polished, lapidated lugs, screwed-down case.back, revolving bi-directional graduated black bezel..D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, outer minute/.seconds divisions, auxiliary seconds and 30-minute register.dials. Luminous white baton hands..M. Cal. 13 ''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line.lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber.self-compensating flat balance spring..Dial, case and movement signed..Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm.

Breitling, Ref. 817.Breitling, Chronograph. Made in the 1970's..Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round.button chronograph and register.




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Brand : Breitling

Collection : Breitling Other Collection

Model : Breitling Other Model

Reference : Breitling - 817




Category : Wrist Watch

Period : 1970's

Caliber : 13

Case material : Steel

Case form : Round

Dial color : Black

Reference Detail : 817

Thickness : 12 mm

Complications : Chronometre, Date




Description : C. Three-body, polished, lapidated lugs, screwed-down case.back, revolving bi-directional graduated black bezel..D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, outer minute/.seconds divisions, auxiliary seconds and 30-minute register.dials. Luminous white baton hands..M. Cal. 13 ''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line.lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber.self-compensating flat balance spring..Dial, case and movement signed..Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm.