Movement: The watch is fitted with the Blancpain caliber 5A50 movement, which offers the impressive 100-hour power reserve when fully wound, is made up of 238 hand-finished pieces, and is non hacking. The main hour hand can be independently adjusted forward and backwards and the date travels with it. The 24 hour hand or GMT hand is set by moving the minute hand forward or backwards. This jump hour feature allows the time to be quickly adjusted when traveling, while the GMT hand is used to monitor the hour in the home time zone or another time zone of your choosing.
Functions: Hours, minutes, sweep seconds, date, 24-hour hand (second time zone)
Case: Stainless steel; polished, in three parts. Dimensions of the case: 40.5 mm (diameter, not including the crown), thickness 13.3 mm. Bi-directional rotating bezel with 24-hour divisions in relief, screw-in crown, domed sapphire crystal; screw-on back; water-resistant to 30 atm.
Dial: Black, applied Arabic numerals and bar markers with luminous coating. Sword-shaped hands in white gold with luminous coating.
Strap: Fitted currently with the original rubberized OEM leather strap on deployant clasp. BRAND NEW, never mounted Blancpain leather strap included in the sale.
Condition:This watch is excellent condition - no deep scratches or dings. As with any pre-owned watches, there are fine hairline scratches that can been seen with a loupe. The caseback does have a few hairline scratches that can be seen with the naked eye, but they are not deep - just stating for full disclosure. The watch was just serviced by Blancpain at the New Jersey service center in November 2014 and has not been worn since. The original strap is still mounted on the watch and shown in the photos, but this sale also includes a brand new, never mounted OEM leather strap from Blancpain that was received with the recent service. Also note that the outer box is torn from bottom to top on the seam to the right of the word Blancpain. Photos are of the actual watch and items included in the sale and were taken at a get together on 2/14/15 by Chip Omota (aka SLRdude on many of the forums).
Price: Asking $4,900 including overnight shipping within the CONUS (no trades). Includes watch, inner/outer boxes, service case, new OEM leather strap, polishing cloth, warranty booklet, owner's booklet, and service card dated Nov 17, 2014. Original MSRP was $10,400.
Returns: Full refund if not as described and I notified within 48 hours. Must be returned within 48 hours of notification and in the same condition with all materials included in the sale.
References: I am a long time member of several forums, but I am mainly a collector and not a high volume seller. I do have some past sales for a Rolex Sea Dweller, Omega Great White, Nomos Tangomat GMT, Tudor Date-Day Jumbo, and Helson Shark Diver.
TRF ID is Baco Noir
Sea Dweller on TRF
https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=320274
Omega Great White GMT on TRF
https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=309158
WUS ID is rogerfromco
Nomos GMT on WUS
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f63/rogerfromco-great-seller-814891.html
Tudor Date-Day Jumbo on WUS
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f63/great-dealing-rogerfromco-853605.html
Helson Sharkdiver on WUS
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f63/rogerfromco-trusted-seller-927240.html
I also recently sold an IWC Portofino to member and trusted seller takuya (Thanh Do).
Finally, I am a forum advisor at www.wristwatchforums.com under the user name of Baco Noir.
Contact Info: email is rogerfromco (at) y a h o o (dot) com and if you contact me via PM I will send you my cell phone number if you want to discuss questions directly with me.
Thanks,
Roger
Sent from my iPad (so I blame autocorrect for the spellin' errs)
