24,000 CHF
No. 1 Blancpain, "Répétition Minutes No. 1". Made in 1986. Very fine and very rare, minute-repeating, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Blancpain deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, a letter of Authenticity from Blancpain, and a user's manual. 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. 0035, gilt brass, fausses cotes decoration, 39 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, 21K gold rotor, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 7 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-05-10
