Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 46

"Leman Fly-back? Blancpain, "Leman Fly-back Chronograph", No. 185, Ref. 2185 F. Made circa 2000. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with fly-back round button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Blancpain link bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished, screwed-down case back, crown and buttons, signature on the band, stepped bezel, domed sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date. Luminous steel ?epée? hands. M. Cal. F185, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness: 12 mm.