69,600 CHF
Le Brassus Tourbillon Quattro Blancpain, “Le Brassus Tourbillon Quattro”, No. 21/50. Made in a limited edition of 50 pieces in 2006. Very fine and rare, large, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with visible one-minute flying tourbillon regulator, round-button split-seconds flyback chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, leap year indication and a platinum Blancpain deployant clasp. Accompanied by a certificate and manual. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, stepped bezel, sapphire crystals. Opaline silver with applied white gold Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the date, days of the week, months and leap year, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the flying tourbillon regulator. White gold feuille hands. Cal. 56F9U, rhodiumplated, fausses cotes and oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 39 jewels, straight line lever escapement with one-minute flying tourbillon regulator with polished steel arms, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, skeletonized and engraved rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 17,5 mm Notes Blancpain The history of the firm began in 1735, when Jehan Jacques Blancpain began making watches on his family farm in the village of Villeret, in the Swiss Jura. At first, Blancpain made only parts for watches, as was commonly the case in the Jura at the time, but production was extended to include the making of pocket watches, which wer
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-05-11
