Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 07, 2011

LOT 295

BLANCPAIN AIR COMMAND YELLOW GOLD FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH PERPETUAL CALENDAR LIMITED EDITION Blancpain, "Air Command Flyback Chronograph, Perpetual Calendar,? No. 4/99. Made in a limited edition of 99 pieces circa 2007. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, phases of the moon, leap year indication and an 18K yellow gold Blancpain deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Blancpain fitted wooden box, setting pin, instruction booklet and spare strap.

C. Three-body, solid, 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. Black with applied luminous yellow gold baton indexes, outer 1/5th second track with 5-second Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, of the week, the months, the leap year, aperture for the moon phases. Luminous yellow gold skeleton epée hands. M. Cal. F585, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, micrometer regulator, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 15 mm.