Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 238

?Pink Gold Villeret? Blancpain, ?Collection Villeret ? Ultra- Slim?, No. 127. Made in the early 2000s. Very fine and elegant, very thin, self-winding, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Blancpain buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, straight lugs, ?bombé? sapphire crystal. D. White with applied pink gold radial Roman numerals. Pink gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 1153, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 9 mm.