The Collection of a European Nobleman

Geneva, May 11, 2008

LOT 567

Chronographe Blancpain, ?Chronographe Automatique?, No. 757. Made in the 1990s. Fine, self-winding, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Blancpain buckle.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, curved lugs, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. D. White with applied steel radial Roman numerals, outer fifths of a second divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minutes and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 1185, rhodium plated, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 9.5 mm.