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Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

LOT 230

Fifty Fathoms Blancpain, ?Fifty Fathoms?, No. 15/99. Made circa 2000 in a limited edition of 99 examples. Very fine, water resistant, self winding, 18K pink gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phase, leap year indicator with an 18K pink gold Blancpain deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted wooden box and push pin.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down transparent case back and crown, signature on the case band, unidirectional engraved bezel, domed sapphire crystal. D. Black with applied luminous pink gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the date, the month, the day and leap year, aperture for the moon phases, outer minute divisions. Luminous pink gold baton hands. M. Cal. 5553, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 15 mm.