Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 76

Pink Gold Split-Seconds Chronograph Blancpain, Split-Seconds Chronograph, No. 3, Ref. 4246.3642. Made in 2003, sold September 24, 2004. Fine, 18K pink gold, self-winding, round button coaxial split-seconds chronograph wristwatch with date, power reserve indication and an 18K pink gold Blancpain deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original box, guarantee, and booklet.

C. Three-body, polished, transparent case back, stepped bezel, coaxial push button in the crown for the split-seconds function, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied radial pink gold Roman numerals and baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-minute/second Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, date aperture at 6. Pink gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 40F6, 37 jewels, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Property of an East Coast collector