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Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 225

Blancpain, "Répétition Minutes", No. 33. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine and important, astronomic, minute-repeating, 18K gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, 40 hours autonomy, leather strap and an 18K yellow gold Blancpain buckle.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, transparent back, sapphire crystal. D. white with applied gold radial Roman numerals, auxiliary ring dials for the days of the month, days of the week, the months, sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. "Feuille" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 5335, gilt brass, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 39 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor, repeater ogongs by means of a slide on the band.Dial and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm.