Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 24

"Leman - Fly-Back" Blancpain, "Leman - Fly-back Split Seconds 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, outer minute/seconds divisions with Arabic 5 minutes/seconds, 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, rhodiumplated, "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 split-seconds function. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm.