Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 207

Blancpain platinum split-second Chronographe Perpetual Calendar Blancpain, Le Brassus Chronographe Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar, No. 09/100. Made in a limited edition of 100 pieces circa 2007. Very fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with round button co-axial split-seconds flyback chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, leap year indication, phases and age of the moon and an 18K white gold Blancpain deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted wooden box, guarantee, instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Opaline silver with applied pink gold radial Roman numerals and baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the 12-hour and 30-minute registers and days of the month, the week, the months and leap year, sector graduated for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases, outer minute/seconds divisions with Arabic five minute numerals. Pink gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 56F9A, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance-spring, gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness: 15 mm.