Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
LOT 56
BLANCPAIN CHRONOGRAPH PERPETUAL CALENDAR WHITE GOLD Blancpain, "Chronograph - Perpetual Calendar," No. 16 / 25. Made in a limited edition of 25 pieces in circa 2005. Very fine and rare, large, self-winding, 18K white gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon and an 18K white gold Blancpain deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, certificate and instruction booklet.
USD 12,000 - 18,000
HKD 93,000 - 140,000 / CHF 11,600 - 17,500
Sold: USD 16,250
Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, straight lugs, transparent screw-down case back, engraved Blancpain and correctors on the band, sapphire crystal. Midnight blue with luminous Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th second track, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute and 12-hour registers and the days of the month, of the week, the months and the leap year, sector graduated for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Luminous steel skeletonized épée hands. Cal. F585, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 35 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, shock absorber, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating flat balance spring, gold rotor.
