$13,750
BLANCPAIN SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH PERPETUAL CALENDAR YELLOW GOLD Blancpain, "Split-seconds Chronograph, Perpetual Calendar,” No. 48. Made in the 1990's. Very fine, astronomic, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, age and phases of the moon and an 18K yellow gold Blancpain deployant clasp. Accompanied by an instruction copy. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, correctors on the band, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. White with applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, the week, the months and the leap year, graduation for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases at 6. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 55810, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 28 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, micrometer regulator, push button at 10 to operate the split-seconds hand. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-12-07
