Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

New York, Grand Havana Room, May 21, 2003

LOT 78

Blancpain, "Chronograph", Ref. 2185. Produced in the late 1990's.Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant to 3 atm., 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K yellow gold Blancpain deployant clasp.

C. three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, domed sapphire crystal. D. satiné silver with applied yellow gold indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 30 minute and 12 hour registers, aperture for the date. "Bâton" tritium-coated yellow gold 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. 38 mm.