Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 07, 2011

LOT 293

BLANCPAIN REF. 2285 F AIR COMMAND MONACO YACHT SHOW LIMITED EDITION Blancpain, ?Air Command - 200m/660ft, Monaco Yacht Show,? No. 8/150, Ref. 2285 F. Made in a limited edition for the Monaco Yacht Show in circa 2007. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, round button fly-back chronograph, registers, unidirectional revolving bezel, 40-hour power reserve and a stainless steel Blancpain link bracelet with double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, guarantee and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, polished, screwed-down case back, buttons and protected winding-crown, unidirectional revolving bezel with 60-minute scale engraved in relief, concave lugs, signature on the band, sapphire crystal. D. Petrol blue with luminous applied steel baton indexes and Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds scale with 5-second Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous steel epée hands. M. Cal. F 185, rhodium-plated, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, 5 adjustments, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approximate overall length: 185 mm.