Blancpain
Le Brassus, Reference 4286P-3442A-55B | A limited edition platinum perpetual calendar split-second chronograph wristwatch with moon phases and leap year indication | Circa 2006
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November 12, 02:36 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 CHF
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Description
Dial: silvered
Calibre: cal. 56F9A automatic, 39 jewels
Movement number: 070
Case: platinum, snap-on case back
Case number: 89/100
Closure: platinum Blancpain folding clasp
Size: 42 mm diameter
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: yes
Papers: yes
Accessories: Blancpain guarantee, instruction card, booklet, polishing cloth, presentation case with outer packaging
Please note the leather strap derived from endangered species is for display purposes only and is not sold with the watch. The watch will be shipped with a Sotheby’s branded calf leather strap.
After the brand’s revival at the hands of Jean Claude Biver in 1981, Blancpain was transformed from manufacture mainly focused on rugged instrument watches into a maison of haute horology, cemented by the introduction of their “six masterpieces” collection: a complete calendar moon phase, ultra-thin, perpetual calendar, split-seconds chronograph, flying tourbillon and minute repeater.
Aficionados will recognize the combination of perpetual calendar and chronograph “rattrapante” into one watch as the grand complication featured in historic references such as the Patek Philippe 5004, and will know of the impact and significance a watch of such Calibre represents to a manufacture. Made in 100 examples in 2003, the present watch is Blancpain’s grand complication offering and allows collectors to own a segment of the hallowed space.