Lot 228

Breitling à Genève, "SuperOcean", Case No. 991446, Ref. 2005, Cal. Venus 188, 42 mm, circa 1964
A diver's rare vintage wristwatch with chronograph display window at "6" and central minute counter
Case: steel, screw back with engraving "Brevet 238872", later original bidirectional rotating bezel with 60 minutes division, Breitling buckle. Dial: silvered, black.
The SuperOcean reference 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.
Reference 2005 - also called the "slow moving chronograph" – is one of the most highly sought-after vintage chronographs Breitling ever created. In addition to the technical innovations involved, the watch looks just fabulous and has a modern size – it is exactly the kind of vintage timepiece any collector covets.