Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009

LOT 323

Leman Chronographe Calendrier Perpétuel Blancpain, "Leman Chronographe Calendrier Perpétuel?, No. 142. Made in a limited edition in the 1990s, sold in June 1998. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, age and phases of the moon, leap year indication, and an 18K yellow gold Blancpain buckle. Accompanied by a Blancpain fitted wooden box, setting pin, certificate and booklet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped rounded bezel, screwed-down back, crown and buttons, correctors in the band, sapphire crystal. D. White with applied yellow gold baton indexes and Roman 6, luminous dots, outer 1/5th second and minute divisions, subsidiary dials for the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, of the week, the months, the leap year, sector graduated for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Luminous yellow gold skeleton épée hands. M. Cal. F5585, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil de perdrix decoration, 25 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. 39 mm. Thickness 14 mm.