Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 139

"White Gold Villeret Ultra-Slim Automatic" Blancpain, ?Collection Villeret - Ultra- Slim?, No. 159. Made in the early 2000s. Very fine and elegant, thin, oversized, self-winding, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with 100-hour power reserve and an 18K white gold Blancpain buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, straight lugs, domed sapphire crystal. D. Dark blue with cosmic decoration, applied white gold radial Roman numerals. White gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 1153, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 28 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.