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Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

LOT 252

Blancpain, Chronograph, No. 379. Produced in the early 1990's. Very fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Blancpain bracelet.

C. three-body, polished, stepped bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystal. D. white with applied radial Roman numerals, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers, outer 1/5th second scale, aperture for the date. "Bâton" steel hands. M. Cal. 1185, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 37 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.