Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005

LOT 102

Blancpain ?Leman Tourbillon?, No. 29 . Made circa 2000. Very fine and important, water-resistant, self-winding, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, eight day power reserve, visible one minute flying tourbillon regulator and a 18K white gold Blancpain deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, screwed-down transparent case back, crownand buttons, stepped bezel, domedsapphire crystal. D. white with applied white gold pyramidal markers,subsidiary dials for the day, date andmonths, eight day power reserve sector 4 and 5, aperture for the leap yearand visible tourbillon regulator cage.Luminous skeleton "Epée" hands. M. Rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix"decoration, 29 jewels, straight line leverescapement with one minute flying tourbilon regulator, monometallic balanceadjusted to 5 positions, 21,600oscillations per hour, self-compensating flat balance-spring, gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.