Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Monaco, Jul 21, 2021

LOT 326

Blancpain
Self-winding, triple date, moon phases; “Villeret”; 18K yellow gold

EUR 5,000 - 10,000

USD 6,000 - 11,900 / HKD 46,200 - 93,000

18K yellow gold, self-winding, round-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, snap-on case-back, white dial with radial Roman numerals and four horological complication:
• Half-instantaneous date of the month (inner graduation with central index) • Day of the week (aperture at 11 o’clock; indications given in English)
• Month of the year (aperture at 1 o’clock; indications given in English)
• Age and phases of the moon (subsidiary dial, graduated from 0 to 29 ½, and aperture at 6 o’clock)


Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

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, Le Brassus (Vallée de Joux)

Model “Villeret”

Year circa 1995

Case No. 13 349

Bracelet 18K yellow gold Blancpain bracelet with 18K white and yellow gold deployant clasp (by Gay Frères, Geneva)

Diameter 33.7 mm

Length 165 mm. (approx.)

Caliber 6511, adjusted five positions (by Frédéric Piguet, Le Sentier, Vallée de Joux)

Weight 138.8 gr. (approx.)

Signature dial, case and movement

Accessories original fitted box

Notes

*a 20% import VAT is due on the hammer price with buyer's premium, plus 150€ for termination of temporary export, at buyer's expense, only if it is delivered within the EU