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Geneva, May 10, 2009

LOT 66

Répétition Minutes Quantième Perpétuel No. 5 Blancpain, ?Répétition Minutes ? Quantième Perpétuel?, No. 5. Made in the 1988. Very fine and rare, minute-repeating, astronomic, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Blancpain buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, a letter of Authenticity from Blancpain, a user's manual and a push pin.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, correctors on the band, snap-on transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Off-white with applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals, subsidiary ring dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 5335, gilt brass, fausses cotes decoration, 39 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, selfcompensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 11 mm.