Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 14, 2011

LOT 17

BLANCPAIN ? LEMAN - STEEL PERPETUAL CALENDAR FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH Blancpain, Leman, Chronograph, Perpetual Calendar, No. 43. Made in a limited edition in the 2000's. Fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, age and phases of the moon and a stainless steel Blancpain link bracelet with double deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Blancpain box.

C. Three-body, polished, stepped bezel, transparent screw-down case back, sapphire crystals. D. White with applied faceted steel baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, of the week, the months and the leap year, sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Luminous skeletonized steel epee hands. M. Cal. F 585, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 35 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm