Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 119

Blancpain, Automatic, No. 905. Made in the 1990s. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, dustproof stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Blancpain buckle.

C. Three-body, polished, stepped bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with applied steel radial Roman numerals, aperture for the date. Steel "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 1195, rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness: 8 mm. To be sold without resrve