Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 229

"Chronographe Rattrapante No. 2? Blancpain, "Chronographe Rattrapante?, Automatique, No. 02. Made in 1990 in a limited edition. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, date and a platinum Blancpain buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystal. D. White with applied white gold radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous white gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 1186, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, push-button for the split seconds mechanism at 10. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 11 mm