177,000 HKD
"Chronographe Rattrapante, Calendrier Perpétuel” Blancpain, "Chronographe Rattrapante, Calendrier Perpétuel”, No. 47. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button split-second chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, age and phases of the moon, leap year indication, and an 18K yellow gold Blancpain bracelet. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, flat sapphire crystal. Black with painted luminous Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th second and minute division, subsidiary dials for the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, of the week, the months, the leap year, sector graduated for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Luminous white "Bâton" hands. Cal. 55810, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 28 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, the pusher on the 10 is for stop and reunite of the split-second hand. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes What is a split-seconds chronograph? A split-seconds chronograph or 'rattrapante' is a type of chronograph watch with two coaxial superimposed center-seconds hands that are controlled by two push-buttons. One pushbutton controls the split-seconds hand to stop or join the chronograph hand. The other pushbuttons control both hands and all the functions of the chronograph.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-04-23
