Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 39

Blancpain, Chronograph, No. 170. Produced in the early 1990s. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date, and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Blancpain bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished, stepped bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystal. D. White with applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds scale, aperture for the date at 6. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 1185, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to five positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm.