Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 431

BLANCPAIN STEEL AND RUBBER CONCEPT 2000 AIR COMMAND Blancpain, No. 249. Made circa 2002. Fine, stainless steel and black rubber, self-winding, water resistant, wristwatch with flyback chronograph, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, date and uni-directional revolving bezel, on fitted stainless steel and rubber Blancpain bracelet with concealed double folding clasp. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, brushed, rubber-edged rotating bezel for the diving times with raised calibrations, protected screweddown winding crown and chronograph buttons, screweddown back, sapphire crystal. D. Black with applied luminous steel baton indexes and 12 numeral, numerals, outer minute and second divisions with 5 minute numerals, date aperture at 6 o?clock, subsidiary dials for seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour registers. Luminous steel alpha hands. M. Cal. F185, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx. overall length 170 mm. From The Arman Collection