Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 07, 2015

LOT 97

SET OF 3 BLANCPAIN 2100 STEEL BLANCPAIN. Originally sold as a set of 4 pieces with limited edition of 8 set in late 1990. This lot is missing 1 piece. A: "Fly-Back Chronograph", No. 6/8. Very fine and rare, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button flyback chronograph, registers and date, with stainless steel Blancpain bracelet with concealed deployant clasp.

HKD 140,000 - 180,000

USD 18,000 - 23,000 / CHF 19,000 - 24,000

Sold: HKD 262,500

Three-body, polished, stepped bezel, transparent case back, screwed-down case back, crown and buttons, signature on the band, sapphire crystals. Three-body, polished, stepped bezel, transparent case back, screwed-down case back and crown, signature on the band, sapphire crystals. Three-body, polished, stepped bezel, transparent case back, screwed-down case back, crown and buttons, signature on the band, sapphire crystals. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, outer minute track with Arabic five minutes and 1/5 seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous steel "epée" hands. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, outer minute track with Arabic five minutes, up-down sector at 6, date dial at 9, aperture to view the tourbillon at 12. Luminous steel "epée" hands. Blue with painted luminous Arabic numerals, 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 steel "epée" hands. Cal. F185, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating flat balance spring. Cal. 25, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, flying tourbillon regulator with polished steel arms, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Cal. F585, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 35 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 22-83-9

Later original

Scratched
Movement: 1*

As new

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 1-011-011-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 38 mm. THICKNESS 12 mm. Approx overall length 185 mm. B: Eight-Day Tourbillon", No 6/8. Very fine and rare, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel 8-day going wristwatch with visible one-minute flying tourbillon regulator, power reserve indicator and date, with stainless steel Blancpain bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 38 mm. THICKNESS 11 mm. Approx overall length 170 mm. C: "Perpetual Calendar Chronograph ", No. 6/8. Very fine and rare, astronomic, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with perpetual calendar, phases of the moon, chronograph, and 30-minute register, with stainless steel Blancpain bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 38 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm. Approx overall length 165 mm.