Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 162

BLANCPAIN PERPETUAL CALENDAR FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH MOON PHASES STEEL Blancpain, Flyback Chronograph, Perpetual Calendar, No. 115. Made in a limited edition in the 2000?s. Fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, age and phases of the moon and a stainless steel Blancpain link bracelet with double deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Blancpain box, instruction booklet and one extra link.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, screw-down case back, crown and buttons, sapphire crystal.
D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, of the week, the months and the leap year, sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Luminous skeletonized steel epee hands.
M. Cal. F 585, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 35 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx. overall length 185 mm plus one link.