Fine Watches

Blancpain

Villeret, reference 1186, platinum split-second chronograph wristwatch with date, circa 1991

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October 7, 01:18 PM GMT

Estimate

5,500 - 11,000 EUR

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Description

Blancpain

Villeret, reference 1186

Platinum split-second chronograph wristwatch with date

Circa 1991

Dial: white

Calibre: cal. automatic, jeweled

Case: platinum, snap-on case back

Case number: N°68/99

Closure: Blancpain alligator strap and platinum pin buckle

Size: 34 mm

Signed: case, dial and movement

Box: no

Papers: no

Accessories: none

Gross weight 80.80 g

In watchmaking, simplicity in appearance often conceals remarkable technical complexity, something perfectly illustrated by the Blancpain reference 1186, presented here in a refined platinum case. Upon its release, it set several important milestones, becoming the world’s first automatic split-seconds chronograph. It features a vertical clutch with a column wheel, and its movement measures just 6.75 mm thick, making it the thinnest automatic chronograph for nearly two decades. All of this ingenuity is housed beneath an elegant and understated dial.

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