BLANCPAIN CHRONOGRAPH
PERPETUAL CALENDAR YELLOW GOLD
Blancpain, "Chronograph, Perpetual Calendar," No. 116. Made in
the 1990's.
Very fine, astronomic, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round
button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, age and
phases of the moon and an 18K yellow gold Blancpain buckle.
Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel,
correctors on the band, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal.
White with applied luminous yellow gold radial Roman
numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the
12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, the
week, the months and the leap year, graduation for the age of
the moon, aperture for the moon phases at 6. Luminous yellow
gold baton hands.
Cal. 5585, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 35
jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance
adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat
balance spring, micrometer regulator.