97th Auction

2018/5/12

Lot 497

Breitling à Genève "Emergency", Case No. 223914, Ref. E56321, 43 mm, circa 1999
A rare wristwatch with precision quartz movement, analog and digital displays, chronograph, perpetual calendar, alarm and second time zone - limited edition no. 0015 of 1999 pieces commemorating the first Non-Stop Around-the-World Flight in the "Orbiter 3", sponsored by Breitling in 1999. The watch has a built-in micro-transmitter and broadcasts on the 121.5 MHz aircraft emergency frequency.
Case: titanium, screwed on back with engraving, rotating bezel, original titanium bracelet with deployant clasp. Dial: blue.
Breitling Orbiter was the name of three different Rozière balloons that were made by the company Cameron Balloons to circumnavigate the globe and named after the sponsor company Breitling. The first two balloons never completed the circumnavigation, while the third was successful in March 1999, thus completing the first nonstop balloon flight around the world (piloted by Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones).
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breitling_Orbiter, as of 01/30/2018
The Breitling "Emergency" comes in a plastic case with large warning sign and a test module. The test module is used to ensure that the emergency beacon still works (when fitted to the back of the watch it beebs to show that the beacon is working). There are also a VHS instruction video and a screwdriver to open the test module, a certificate and a printed instruction manual.

estimated
2.8004.000 €
Price realized
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