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BLANCPAIN. A VERY FINE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT-SECONDS FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH SIGNED BLANCPAIN, QUATTRO MODEL, MOVEMENT NO.34, CASE NO.35, CIRCA 2004
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BLANCPAIN. A VERY FINE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT-SECONDS FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH SIGNED BLANCPAIN, QUATTRO MODEL, MOVEMENT NO.34, CASE NO.35, CIRCA 2004

Closed29 October 2013

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BLANCPAIN. A VERY FINE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT-SECONDS FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH
SIGNED BLANCPAIN, QUATTRO MODEL, MOVEMENT NO.34, CASE NO.35, CIRCA 2004
Cal. 56F9U automatic lever movement, 39 jewels, aperture for one minute tourbillon carriage visible through the dial, cream dial, applied gold Roman numerals, three subsidiary dials for month combined with leap year indication, date combined with 30 minute register and day combined with 12 hour register, circular case, stepped bezel, chronograph mechanism operated through two buttons and crown in the band, glazed display snap on back, 18k pink gold Blancpain deployant clasp, case, dial and movement signed
42mm. diam.

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The Blancpain Tourbillon Quattro wristwatch was unveiled in 2001 following the purchase of Blancpain by the Swatch Group in 2000. This limited production timepiece with 432 parts contains four complications: tourbillon regulator, perpetual calendar, flyback split-seconds chronograph.

The Blancpain firm was founded in 1735 in Villeret by Jehan-Jaques. He was a watchmaker known for innovated watch movements. Jehan Jacques sought to produce only the highest quality movements. Today the attention to detail and complexity is exemplified by the Tourbillon Quattro. Jacques' legacy continues in the decision by Blancpain to never produce a quartz movement.