Importantes Montres de Collection

Geneva, May 15, 2011

LOT 438

Blancpain Pink Gold Repeater Minute Blancpain, ?Leman Repeater Minute, Limited Series?, No. 6/10. Made in a limited edition of 10 examples in the 2000's. Very fine and very rare, water resistant, self-winding, minute repeating, 18K pink gold wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Blancpain buckle. Accompanied by fitted box.

CHF 40,000 - 60,000

USD 45,000 - 65,000 / EUR 30,000 - 45,000

Sold: CHF 47,500

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, screwed-down transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone silver, inner guilloche decoration, with applied pink gold faceted baton indexes and Roman quarters, luminous dots, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds dial. Luminous pink gold skeleton epee hands. M. 10???, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 11 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original