Lot 66 · Fine Watches
reference 797 premier a yellow gold chronograph wristatch with spider lugs ,circa 1946
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- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Fine Watches, New York · 5 February 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4900952
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Breitling, reference 797 premier a yellow gold chronograph wristatch with spider lugs ,circa 1946. Sotheby's, 5 Feb 2021, lot 66. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4900952.
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Breitling, reference 797 premier a yellow gold chronograph wristatch with spider lugs ,circa 1946. Sotheby's, 5 Feb 2021, lot 66. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4900952.
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.