$4,000
Blancpain Titanium Flyback no. 1 Blancpain, "Leman Flyback Chronograph," No. 1. Made circa 2000. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium wristwatch with round screw-down button fly-back chronograph, registers, date, 40 hours autonomy and a stainless steel Blancpain deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original box and instruction booklet. Three-body, brushed, screw-down case back, crown and buttons, signature on the band, rounded stepped bezel, sapphire crystal. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th second track with 5-minute/seconds red Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date at 6. Steel luminous épée hands. Cal. F185, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-09-15
