Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 24, 2003

LOT 186

Blancpain, "Chronographe Rattrapante Automatique", No. 115. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant to 3 atm., 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, date, 40 hours autonomy and an 18K yellow gold Blancpain buckle.

C. three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystal. D. white with applied yellow gold Roman numerals, auxiliary dials with painted Arabic numerals and indexes for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers, aperture for the date. "Bâton" tritium-coated yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 9''', rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balancespring, push-button for the split-seconds mechanism at 10.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm.