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Pièce unique montre bracelet répétition minute en platine avec automate érotique | Unique platinum minute repeater wristwatch with erotic automaton Vers 1995 | Circa 1995
Lot Closed
September 29, 12:29 PM GMT
Estimate
24,000 - 50,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Blancpain
Pièce unique montre bracelet répétition minute en platine avec automate érotique |
Unique platinum minute repeater wristwatch with erotic automaton
Vers 1995 |
Circa 1995
Cadran: blanc, bi-ton
Calibre: cal. 332 remontage manuel, 33 rubis
Boîtier: platine (950°/00), fond verre saphir clipsé révélant une scène érotique finement gravée
Fermoir: bracelet Blancpain en alligator et boucle ardillon en platine (950°/00)
Dimensions: 34 mm
Signé: boîtier, cadran et mouvement
Ecrin: non
Papiers: non
Accessoires: pochette de voyage
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: Blancpain alligator strap and platinum pin buckle
Size: 34 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: no
Accessories: travel pouch
Poids brut 60.20 g |
Gross weight 60.20 g
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 perpetuate the tradition and 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.
This piece is crafted in platinum further increasing the presence of the watch on the wrist. Its dial mentions the watch being unique and this inscription nicely balances the signature on the opposite side of the dial. The scene on the back takes place in a refined and colorful environment that both brings further contrast to the understated front of the watch and acts as the perfect frame for the scene.