Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

LOT 83

BLANCPAIN MONACO YACHT SHOW EDITION STAINLESS STEEL Blancpain, ?Chronograph, 100M/300ft?, ?Monaco Y.S?, No. 294/299, Ref. 2185F. Made in a limited edition of 299 pieces in the 2000s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Blancpain deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box, guarantee and instruction booklet.

C. Three body, brushed, curved lugs, stepped bezel, screwed down transparent case back, crown and chronograph buttons, signature on the band, domed sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous steel baton indexes, Arabic numeral, outer minutes/seconds divisions with every fi ve Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute and 12 hour register, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous steel épée hands. M. Cal. F185, rhodium-plated, fausses-côtes decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, gold engraved rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.