Important Watches: Part I

Important Watches: Part I

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 20. Erotic Piece Unique Platinum minute repeating wristwatch with erotic automaton Circa 1995 | 寶珀 獨一無二鉑金三問報時腕錶,飾春宮活動人偶,年份約1995.

Property of a Swiss private collector

Blancpain

Erotic Piece Unique Platinum minute repeating wristwatch with erotic automaton Circa 1995 | 寶珀 獨一無二鉑金三問報時腕錶,飾春宮活動人偶,年份約1995

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May 11, 01:00 PM GMT

Estimate

24,000 - 50,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Swiss private collector

Blancpain

Erotic Piece Unique

Platinum minute repeating wristwatch with erotic automaton

Circa 1995

寶珀 獨一無二鉑金三問報時腕錶,飾春宮活動人偶,年份約1995


Dial: white, two-tone

Calibre: cal. 332 manual winding, 33 jewels

Case: platinum, snap-on sapphire crystal display back revealing finely-engraved erotic scene

Closure: platinum Blancpain buckle

Dimensions: 33.7 mm 

Signed: case, dial and movement

Box: yes

Papers: no

Accessories: Blancpain blank warranty certificate, instruction manual and presentation case with outer packaging

Erotic automatons have fascinated watchmakers and customers alike over centuries. During some periods in time, these motifs were prohibited and in modern day watchmaking, only a few manufacturers such as Blancpain, Ulysse Nardin and Svend Andersen still produce them with some regularity, usually as unique pieces such as the present example. Throughout time erotic scenes were either found in plain sight on the dial or in more discreet places such as the back or interior of the watches, which made it possible to hide the controversial motifs and wear the watch for everyday life. Even nowadays both versions exist, with the present Blancpain being a very elegant timepiece that may be worn everyday, only revealing the intriguing erotic scene when the watch is taken off the wrist and turned around. 

Retained in attractive condition, the present watch is further accompanied by its blank warranty certificate, instruction manual and presentation case with outer packaging.