Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 179

Blancpain, ?Chronographe Automatique?, No. 64. Made circa 2000. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, large date and an 18K pink gold Blancpain buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, domed sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with applied radial pink gold Roman numerals and pyramid indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, double aperture for the date at 6. Pink gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 6885, rhodiumplated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 13 mm.