Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

New York, Grand Havana Room, May 21, 2003

LOT 94

Blancpain, Chronograph, No. 47. 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 buckle.

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" luminous 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 signedDiam. 34 mm.