Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 25, 2015

LOT 78

BLANCPAIN FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH STEEL Blancpain, Flyback Chronograph, No. 5174. Made in the late 1990s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Blancpain link bracelet with double deployant clasp.

HKD 27,000 - 35,000

USD 3,500 - 4,500 / CHF 3,300 - 4,300

Sold: HKD 35,000

Three-body, polished, stepped bezel, screw-down case back, crown and buttons, signature on the band, sapphire crystal. Black with painted luminous Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds dial with 5-second Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous steel epée hands. Cal. F185, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, gold rotor segment.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 2-9

Very good

Scratched

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 38 mm. THICKNESS 11.5 mm. Approx overall length 155 mm.