Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 19, 2012

LOT 136

BLANCPAIN CHRONOGRAPHE STEEL AND GOLD Blancpain, Chronographe Automatique, No. 17. Made circa 1995. Fine, self-winding, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Blancpain bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, gadrooned bezel, sapphire crystal, curved lugs, screw-down case back. D. White with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer fi fths of second divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minutes and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous yellow gold epee hands. M. Cal. 1185, rhodium plated, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, micrometer regulator, gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 9.5 mm.