$20,625
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. 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. 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. 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.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-12-07
