Ornatus-Mundi[Zenith]
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What a glorious piece - it once made me aware of Blancpain!
May 19, 2014,11:50 AM
The 2000 series of Blancpain always was an oddity (to use Oliver's words), an interlocutor between the (then) Villeret and the Léman collection. Case and dial had no orthologous in the brands collection.
In fact, its automatic sister Ref. 1160 was my first Blancpain, I was shaking for excitement when I first opened the box:
The Breguet numerals were unique for Blancpain (and all indices and the hands made of white gold!):
The case and the dial were sources of endless fascination for me, many, many visual journeys enlightened my days:
Simple tang buckle, in my opinion still the best solution for such a light watch:
Thanks for bringing back these memories!
Magnus