Blancpain - Magnificent Jewels Geneva Monday, November 17, 2008 | Phillips

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    • The circular pavé-set diamond dial, with circular-cut ruby dot numerals, with phases of the moon and window or the date, within a baguette-cut diamond bezel, to the pavé-set and baguette-cut diamond bracelet, mounted in 18K yellow gold, diameter 5 cm.

    • Signed ‘Blancpain,’ no. 7, bracelet no, 1735,with Swiss assay marks.

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    Blancpain

    Swiss • 1735

    As the watchmaking brand with the earliest founding date, Blancpain remains close to tradition, concentrating on classical mechanical watches. Established in 1735 by Jehan-Jacques Blancpain, the Le Brassus manufacturer today continues to innovate with the development of high-quality calibres and is proud of their heritage, having never made quartz watches. One of the firm's greatest successes was the Fifty Fathom wristwatch introduced in 1953 — the vintage models of which are now highly coveted by collectors. The earliest dive watch available to the market, Fifty Fathom came out a year prior to Rolex's Submariner.  Another key model is the Air Command from the 1960s, considered one of the most mythical collector's watches due to their extreme rarity. Today, the firm specializes in creative innovated complicated timepieces. 

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PROPERTY OF A LADY

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A Diamond and Ruby Automatic Wristwatch

The circular pavé-set diamond dial, with circular-cut ruby dot numerals, with phases of the moon and window or the date, within a baguette-cut diamond bezel, to the pavé-set and baguette-cut diamond bracelet, mounted in 18K yellow gold, diameter 5 cm.
Signed ‘Blancpain,’ no. 7, bracelet no, 1735,with Swiss assay marks.

Estimate
CHF3,000 - 5,000 

Sold for CHF15,000

Magnificent Jewels

18 Nov 2008, 4pm
Geneva