Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.

Geneva, May 13, 2018

LOT 483

BLANCPAIN, SPLIT-SECOND CHRONOGRAPH A fine, self-winding, 18k pink gold split-second chronograph wristwatch with date.

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

HKD 40,000 - 56,000 / USD 5,000 - 7,000


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Brand Blancpain

Model Villeret Split-second chronograph

Reference Ref. 1186-3318-50

Year Circa 1992

Bracelet 18k pink gold Blancpain buckle

Numbers Case N. 079

Caliber BP 1186

Dimensions 34 mm.

Signature Dial, Case and Movement.

Accessories Instruction booklet and fitted box

Notes

From the Blancpain website, Blancpain presented a world first in 1989 with the calibre 1186, the first self-winding split-second chronograph. Before then, no split-second chronograph subject to the constraint of a traditional double column-wheel system had featured the additional complication of self-winding. The previous year, the Le Brassus Manufacture had already created the 1181 movement, the world's thinnest hand-wound split-second chronograph (calibre 1181).