$4,000
BLANCPAIN FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH STEEL Blancpain, Flyback Chronograph, No. 6964. Made in the late 1990s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Blancpain link bracelet with double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, guarantee, instruction booklet and 2 extra links. To be sold without reserve Three-body, polished, stepped bezel, screw-down case back, crown and buttons, signature on the band, sapphire crystal. Black with painted luminous Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds dial with 5-second Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous steel epée hands. Cal. F185, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 38 mm. THICKNESS 12 mm. Approx overall length 175 mm plus 2 links
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-04-10