Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Monaco, Jul 19, 2022

LOT 20

BLANCPAIN
SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH, MINUTE AND HOUR COUNTERS, BISSEXTILE PERPETUAL CALENDAR, MOON PHASES, WHITE DIAL, CALIBRE 5581; 18K YELLOW GOLD

EUR 10,000 - 14,900

USD 10,500 - 15,700 / HKD 82,000 - 124,000 / CHF 10,000 - 15,000

18K yellow gold, manual-winding, round-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, snap-on case-back, white dial with applied radial Roman numerals, 1/6 second chronograph, split-seconds, half-instantaneous 30-minute counter, dragging 12-hour counter, half-instantaneous bissextile perpetual calendar, date of the month, day of the week, month of the year, four-year cycle of leap-years, age and phases of the moon.

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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 1

As new

Movement: 1*

As new

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Brand Blancpain, Le Brassus (Vallée de Joux)

Model “Chronographe automatique avec rattrapante – Quantième perpétuel avec indication des années bissextiles”

Year circa 1992

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. unnumbered

Material 18K yellow gold

Bracelet black leather Blancpain strap

Buckle 18K yellow gold Blancpain deployant clasp

Diameter 34 mm.

Caliber 5581, adjusted 5 positions

Weight 90.8 gr. (approx.)

Signature dial, case and movement

Accessories original fitted box and outer box, guarantee (blank), instruction booklet, additional 18K yellow gold Blancpain buckle, three gilded metal setting-pins, pouch

Notes

This watch has just been overhauled (May 2022) by an eminent watchmaker specialising in watches with horological complications and creators of “Haute Horlogerie”.

Provenance

from a Swiss Gentleman