Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 15, 2005

LOT 243

"Masterpiece Collection, No. 1" Blancpain, "Pink Gold Masterpiece Collection No. 1", "Chronographe Rattrapante Automatique". Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, date and an 18K pink gold Blancpain buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, sapphirecrystal. D. Off-white with applied pink gold radial Romannumerals, subsidiary dials with painted Arabic numeralsand indexes for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hourregisters, aperture for the date at 6. Tritium-coated pinkgold "bâton" hands for the time, pink and white gold forthe split-seconds. M. Cal. 9''', rhodium-plated, 38 jewels,straight line lever escapement, monometallic balanceadjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensatingflat balance-spring, push-button at 10to start and reunite the split-seconds hand.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 11 mm.