Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hog Kong, Feb 26, 2011

LOT 99

BLANCPAIN YELLOW GOLD CHRONOG RAPHE CALENDRIER PERPETUEL Blancpain, ?Chronograph Perpetual Calendar?, case No. 78, Ref. 5585. Made in the 1990s. Fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, age and phases of the moon and an 18K yellow gold Blancpain buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, guarantee and instruction booklets.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. D. Off white with applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals, auxiliary dials for the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, of the week, the months and the leap year, sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 5585, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 35 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 10 mm.