Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 199

Blancpain, ?Chronograph Perpetual Calendar?, Ref. 5585. Produced in the early 1990s.Fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, age and phases of the moon and a stainless steel Blancpain buckle. Accompanied by a special column-shaped winding device and instructions.

C. three-body, polished, stepped bezel, sapphire crystal.D. white with applied steel radial Roman numerals, auxiliary dials for the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, of the week, the months and the leap year, sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Steel ?Bâton? hands. M. Cal. 5585, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 35 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.Ref. 5585This reference in stainless steel was produced only in few examples until 1994.