The first example I found was sold to Tiffany & Co. in New York in 1940. It has a gold case and its applied Breguet numerals make it my favorite of the bunch. It sold at Christie’s in 2011 for CHF 507,000; even back then the catalog mentions that only seven examples of these complicated Calatravas had been discovered. It just shows how our knowledge of vintage watches, even the most well-researched of brands, continues to evolve. Movement 860,230; case 295,441.
The first example I found was sold to Tiffany & Co. in New York in 1940. It has a gold case and its applied Breguet numerals make it my favorite of the bunch. It sold at Christie’s in 2011 for CHF 507,000; even back then the catalog mentions that only seven examples of these complicated Calatravas had been discovered. It just shows how our knowledge of vintage watches, even the most well-researched of brands, continues to evolve. Movement 860,230; case 295,441.