Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010

LOT 223

Blancpain Pink Gold Tourbillon No 71 Blancpain, "JB 1735 - Tourbillon", No. 71. Sold on July 31, 2006. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold, self-winding wristwatch with 8-day power- reserve, visible one-minute tourbillon regulator with off-centre balance, date and an 18K pink gold Blancpain deployant clasp. Accompanied by a wooden fitted box, guarantee and instruction manual.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, undercut curved band, transparent back, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials with painted Arabic numerals for the power-reserve indication and the date, aperture for the visible tourbillon cage with in-line escapement. Pink gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 23, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with 5 adjustments, shock-absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37.5 mm. Thickness 10.5 mm.