Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 49

BLANCPAIN AUTOMATIC TRIPLE CALENDAR YELLOW GOLD Blancpain, "Automatic, Triple Calendar," No. 756. Made in the 1990's. Very fine, astronomic, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with triple calendar, age and phases of the moon and an 18K yellow gold Blancpain buckle.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, correctors on the band, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. Ivory color with applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the date, the days the week and the months, graduation for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases at 6. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 953, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring..