Contemporary, Limited Edition and Mod...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Mar 16, 2000

LOT 18

Blancpain, "Chronographe Rattrapante Automatique", N° 299, 1990's.Very fine and rare, water-resistant to 3 atm., self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button split-second chronograph, registers and date, 40 hours autonomy, with leather strap, 18K yellow gold Blancpain buckle.

C. three body, solid, polished, stepped bezel. D. white with applied yellow gold Roman numerals, auxiliary dials with painted Arabic numerals and indexesfor the seconds, the 30 minutes and 12 hours registers, aperture for the date. "Bâton" tritium-coated gold hands. M. 9''' rhodium plated, 38 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, 5 adjustments, Kif shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, push-button on the 10 for stop and reunite of the split-second hand.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm.