Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 145

?Steel Triple Date? Blancpain, Automatic. Made in the late 1990s. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and diamond wristwatch with triple date, moon phases and a stainless steel Blancpain link bracelet. Accompanied by the original fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished, stepped bezel, screwed-down case back, signature on the band, sapphire crystal. D. Mother-of-Pearl with applied white gold radial Roman numerals and diamond-set indexes, outer graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. White gold ?feuille? hands. M. Cal. 6553, rhodium-plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 11 mm.