Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 10, 2013

LOT 556

BLANCPAIN SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH PERPETUAL CALENDAR, PLATINUM Blancpain, "Split-seconds Chronograph, Perpetual Calendar," No. 40, Ref. 5581-3427. Made in the 1990's. Very fine, astronomic, platinum wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, age and phases of the moon and a platinum Blancpain buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, blank guarantee card, instruction booklet, push pin and hang tag.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, correctors on the band, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. White with applied white gold radial Roman numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, the week, the months and the leap year, graduation for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases at 6. Luminous white gold baton hands. Cal. 55810, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 28 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, micrometer regulator, push button at 10 to operate the split-seconds hand. Dial, case and movement signed.