Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 34

Blancpain Steel Ultra-Slim Date Blancpain, 100 Hour Power Reserve, No. 1011. Made in the 1990?s. Fine, thin, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Blancpain buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, guarantee (now void), instruction manual and a spare strap.

C. Three-body, polished, curved lugs, stepped bezel, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. D. White with applied white gold Breguet numerals, dart indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the up & down indication at 4, aperture for the date. Luminous white gold épée hands. M. Cal. 1106, double barrel, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to five positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 36 mm. Thickness 8 mm.