Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Oct 25, 2015
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.
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.
Grading System | |
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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 |