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View full screen - View 1 of Lot 439. Pièce unique montre bracelet répétition minute en platine avec automate érotique | Unique platinum minute repeater wristwatch with erotic automaton Vers 1995 | Circa 1995.

Blancpain

Pièce unique montre bracelet répétition minute en platine avec automate érotique | Unique platinum minute repeater wristwatch with erotic automaton Vers 1995 | Circa 1995

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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.

Vous êtes avertis que les bracelets fabriqués à base de matériaux issus d’espèces animales menacées ou protégées (alligator ou crocodile) ne sont pas vendus avec les montres et sont présentés uniquement à des fins d’exposition. Nous nous réservons le droit de retirer ces bracelets avant l’expédition des montres.

Please note that bracelets made from materials from endangered or protected species (alligator or crocodile) are not sold with the watches and are for display purposes only. We reserve the right to remove these bracelets before the watches are shipped.

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