Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 58

"Leman - Fly-back" Blancpain, "Leman - Flyback Chronograph", Ref. 2185 F. Made circa 2000. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button fly-back chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Blancpain deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished, transparent screwed-down case back, crown and buttons, signature on the case band, stepped bezel, sapphire crystals. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous steel "épée" hands. M. Cal. FP1186, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor, push button at 10 to operate the splitseconds hand. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness: 14 mm.