Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 43

Platinum Rattrapante Blancpain, "Chronographe Rattrapante", No. 146, Ref. 1186342758. Sold on September 29th, 1992. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, date and a platinum Blancpain buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, instruction booklet and warranty.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, straight lugs, snap-on case-back, sapphire crystal, push-button for the split seconds at 10. D. White with applied white gold radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds division with five minute Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous white gold baton hands. M. Cal. 1186, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 11.5 mm