Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009
Black Dial Minute Repeater No. 10 Blancpain, "Répétition Minutes No. 10". Made in the 1980s. Very fine and very rare, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with a black dial, with an 18k gold Blancpain buckle.
C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, snap-on transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Matte black with applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals on an outer reserve, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold feuille hands. M. 10"', gilt brass, fausses cotes decoration, 22 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, repeater on gongs by means of a slide on the band. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 8.5 mm.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 2 |
Very good |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |