Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 296

?Le Brassus - Tourbillon Quattro? Blancpain, ?Le Brassus - Tourbillon Quattro?, No. 16/50. Made in a limited edition of 50 pieces circa 2005. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with visible one-minute flying tourbillon regulator, round-button split-seconds flyback chronograph, perpetual calendar and a platinum Blancpain deployant clasp. Accompanied by a certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, stepped bezel, domed sapphire crystal. D. Opaline silver with applied white gold Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the date, days of the week, months and leap year, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the visible tourbillon regulator. White gold ?feuille" hands. M. Cal. 56F9U, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? and "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 39 jewels, straight-line lever escapement with one-minute flying tourbillon regulator, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, skeletonized and hand-engraved rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 17,5 mm.