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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 229

Split Seconds Perpetual Blancpain, "Chronographe Rattrapante - Perpetual Calendar", No. 40/100, Ref. 4286P. Made in a limited edition of 100 examples in 2003. Extremely fine, rare and important, large, self-winding, platinum wristwatch with round button co-axial split-seconds chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon and a platinum Blancpain deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, straight lugs, correctors on the band, sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with applied white gold radial Roman numerals, outer minute and 1/5th second chronograph divisions, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute and 12-hour registers and the days of the month, of the week, the months and the leap year, sector graduated for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. White gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 56F9A, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, shock absorber, flat balance spring, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating flat balance-spring, gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness: 18 mm.