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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 511

Blancpain, Chronographe Automatique, No. 87. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, water-resistant, self-winding, 18k yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and a 18K yellow gold Blancpain buckle. Accompained by fitted box and instructions booklet.

C. Three-body, polished, stepped bezel, straight lugs. D. White with applied gold Roman numerals, subsidiary dials with painted Arabic numerals and indexes for the seconds, the 30 minutes and 12 hours registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous gold baton hands. M. Cal. 1185, rhodiumplated, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted to 5 position, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 9 mm.