16,800 CHF
Lady’s Minute Repeater No. 111 Blancpain, "Répétition Minutes", No. 111. Made in the 1980's. Very fine and very rare, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Blancpain buckle. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, snap-on transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Off-white with applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals on an outer reserve, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold feuille hands. Cal. 99, gilt brass, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 28 mm. Thickness 7 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-11-14
