Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 245

Blancpain, "Fifty Fathoms", manufactured for the German Navy in the 1960s. Fine and rare, stainless steel, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, anti-magnetic diver's wristwatch with two straps, one in "velcro" the other in nylon, and a fitted box.

C. four-body, brushed, screwed-down case back, graduated and revolving bezel for the decompression times, concave lugs.D. black with tritium-coated baton, dot and fancy indexes, at 6 o'clock, the red and yellow symbol "No Radiations". Tritium-coated "bâton" hands.M. Cal. AS 1700, signed Blancpain-Rayville SA., rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Engraved on the case back: "Bundeswehr - 6645-12-149-5012" which are the NATO specifications. Diam. 41 mm.