44,840 CHF
“Split Seconds Perpetual” Blancpain, "Chronographe Rattrapante - Perpetual Calendar", No. 48/100, Ref. 4286P. Made in a limited edition of only 100 examples in 2003. Extremely fine, rare and important, large, astronomic, self-winding, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with round button co-axial split-seconds chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon and a platinum Blancpain deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, straight lugs, correctors on the band, sapphire crystal. Matte silver with applied white gold radial Roman numerals, outer minute and 1/5th second chronograph divisions, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute and 12-hour registers and the days of the month, of the week, the months and the leap year, sector graduated for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. White gold "feuille" hands. Cal. 56F9A, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, shock absorber, flat balance spring, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating flat balance-spring, gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness: 18 mm. Notes What is a split-seconds chronograph? A split-seconds chronograph or “rattrapante” is a type of chronograph watch with two coaxial superimposed centerseconds hands that are controlled by two push-buttons. One push-button controls the split-seconds hand to stop or join the chronograph hand. The other push-buttons control both
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-05-13
