Lot Essay
Blancpain produced eight sets of wristwatches in the "Desert Storm" series in 1998.
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SIGNED BLANCPAIN, MODEL "DESERT STORM", NO. 00/8, 1998
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BLANCPAIN. A LIMITED EDITION SET OF FOUR STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCHES WITH BRACELETS
SIGNED BLANCPAIN, MODEL "DESERT STORM", NO. 00/8, 1998
All with nickel-finished lever movements, adjusted to 5 positions, gold rotor, matte black dial with luminous Arabic numerals and hands, the circular case with stepped bezel, together with a stainless steel Blancpain link bracelet and concealed double deployant clasp; the first, a chronograph wristwatch with perpetual calendar and phases of the moon, three engine-turned subsidiary dials for month combined with leap year, date combined with 30 minute register and day combined with 12 hour register, sector for phases and ages of the moon, two screw-down chronograph buttons in the band; the second, a chronograph wristwatch, three engine-turned subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour registers, aperture for date, two screw- down chronograph buttons in the band; the third, a triple calendar wristwatch with phases of the moon, outer date ring with central red-tipped date hand, apertures for day and month, sector for phases and ages of the moon; the last, an eight-day tourbillon wristwatch with date, the one minute tourbillon carriage with mono-metallic compensation balance visible beneath the dial at 12 o'clock, subsidiary dial for date, fan-shaped sector for eight-day power reserve; each with case, dial and movement signed
38mm diam. each (4)
SIGNED BLANCPAIN, MODEL "DESERT STORM", NO. 00/8, 1998
All with nickel-finished lever movements, adjusted to 5 positions, gold rotor, matte black dial with luminous Arabic numerals and hands, the circular case with stepped bezel, together with a stainless steel Blancpain link bracelet and concealed double deployant clasp; the first, a chronograph wristwatch with perpetual calendar and phases of the moon, three engine-turned subsidiary dials for month combined with leap year, date combined with 30 minute register and day combined with 12 hour register, sector for phases and ages of the moon, two screw-down chronograph buttons in the band; the second, a chronograph wristwatch, three engine-turned subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour registers, aperture for date, two screw- down chronograph buttons in the band; the third, a triple calendar wristwatch with phases of the moon, outer date ring with central red-tipped date hand, apertures for day and month, sector for phases and ages of the moon; the last, an eight-day tourbillon wristwatch with date, the one minute tourbillon carriage with mono-metallic compensation balance visible beneath the dial at 12 o'clock, subsidiary dial for date, fan-shaped sector for eight-day power reserve; each with case, dial and movement signed
38mm diam. each (4)