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    • Of nickel lever movement, 39 jewels, one-minute tourbillon carriage with mono-metallic compensation balance, adjusted to 5 positions, the cream dial with gold Roman numerals, three subsidiary dials for date combined with 30-minute register, day combined with 12-hour register and month combined with leap year indication, outer ring divided into 1/5 second, large aperture displaying the tourbillon carriage, large polished circular case with stepped bezel and down turned lugs, sapphire crystal display case back, mounted in 18K rose gold, with Blancpain deployant clasp, dial 45 mm.

    • Signed, 'Blancpain',  Turbillion Quattro, no. 18.  With a lacquer Blancpain case and box.

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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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An 18K Gold 'Tourbillon Quattro' Chronograph Wristwatch

Of nickel lever movement, 39 jewels, one-minute tourbillon carriage with mono-metallic compensation balance, adjusted to 5 positions, the cream dial with gold Roman numerals, three subsidiary dials for date combined with 30-minute register, day combined with 12-hour register and month combined with leap year indication, outer ring divided into 1/5 second, large aperture displaying the tourbillon carriage, large polished circular case with stepped bezel and down turned lugs, sapphire crystal display case back, mounted in 18K rose gold, with Blancpain deployant clasp, dial 45 mm.
Signed, 'Blancpain',  Turbillion Quattro, no. 18.  With a lacquer Blancpain case and box.

Estimate
CHF50,000 - 75,000 

Sold for CHF68,500

Magnificent Jewels

18 Nov 2008, 4pm
Geneva