Blancpain - 'Villeret Ultraplate' - Ultra-Slim...

Welcome to my Top Swiss Wrist Watches Boutique: Blancpain SA is a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer, headquartered in Paudex/Le Brassus. It designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells prestige and luxury mechanical watches. The company traces its origins to 1735, when Jehan-Jacques Blancpain was recorded as a watchmaker in Villeret, Switzerland. Blancpain describes itself as the world’s oldest watch brand; for our listing, “a historic Swiss manufacture founded in 1735” is a sound formulation. Its history of thin watchmaking goes back to 1815, when Frédéric-Louis Blancpain developed ultra-thin constructions. Its modern identity took shape in the early 1980s, under Jacques Piguet and Jean-Claude Biver, with a strong commitment to traditional mechanical watchmaking. Blancpain and movement specialist Frédéric Piguet came under the ownership of the group that became Swatch Group in 1992; Frédéric Piguet was formally integrated into the Blancpain manufacture in 2010. That relationship is an important part of the brand’s movement-making pedigree. One of Blancpain's company slogans is "Blancpain has never made a quartz watch and never will". The Villeret collection is marketed as Blancpain's most classic collection. Named after the birthplace of Blancpain, the Villeret collection has been a flagship line of the company since 1980s. Blancpain’s native village of Villeret lends its name to the most classic collection from the Brand. Firmly anchored in tradition, these models exemplify our roots and embody our prime aesthetic choices. The purity of their lines, the clarity of their dials and the slenderness of their double-stepped cases express essentials with timeless elegance. Villeret collection is Blancpain's flagship classical watch line, named after the Swiss village where the historic watchmaker was founded in 1735. Blancpain remains exclusive with low production numbers. Origins and History: • Launch Year: Introduced in 1983 by Jean-Claude Biver and Jacques Piguet to revive traditional mechanical watchmaking following the quartz crisis. • Inspiration: Modelled after Blancpain's ancestral roots, reviving handcrafted movements, double-stepped bezels, and the iconic humanised moon phase display with a face. • Milestone: Paved the way for mechanical revival and housed ultra-complicated flagships like the historic 1735 Grande Complication. Signature Design and Features: • Aesthetics: Clean opaline or sunburst dials, Roman numeral markers, willow-shaped hands, and double-stepped round cases. • Complications: Ranges from simple ultra-slim (Ultraplate) three-hand dress watches to complete calendars, phases de lune (moon phases), perpetual calendars, and tourbillons. Connoisseurs will immediately recognise the complexity of the mechanical movement. The recognisable Villeret design—with its double-stepped bezel and understated classical styling—dates to 1983. The Ultraplate continues that approach: elegant proportions, a clean dial and a case intended to sit comfortably beneath a shirt cuff. Movement: - in-house self-winding Blancpain 1150 calibre - extra slim: 3,25mm thick only - 28 jewels - 100 hours power reserve - frequency: 21,600 A/h, 3 Hz - 210 components Case: - 316L stainless steel, polished - 38 mm excl. crown, 40 mm incl. - thickness: 9 mm only - length: 42 mm lug to lug - unique No: 5** (for buyer only), best proof of authenticity Bezel: - 316L stainless steel, polished - multilayered - fixed Sapphire crystal, anti-reflective coating Case-back: solid stainless steel with engravings Crown: pull/push with raised logo Dial: - noble-white - polished hands and Roman numerals - date aperture at 03:00 o'clock Brand new black RIO'S leather strap, alligator grain on cow - length: ca. 21 cm incl. wristwatch itself - width: 20 mm by lugs, 16 mm by clasp Double-folding "butterfly" clasp: - two security pushers - Blancpain logo Water resistant to 30meter/3ATM/100feet: OK for light splashes, rain, hand-washing; highly risky for showering or swimming Weight: 48 grams Chic wooden watch box (see pics). Distinctive design. High recognition value. General professional pre-sale service was made in October 2026: the watch is keeping good time and working perfectly. Excellent condition, never worn: the wristwatch comes from luxury watch-shop showcase. Leather straps often suffer from temperature in shop windows due to powerful spotlights, that's why the strap is replaced with brand-new one. My personal authenticity and quality warranty: you will get warranty card (as pictured), fully completed, stamped and signed. My impeccable seller reputation speaks for itself: look at my feedbacks and sales ratings. Insured, registered shipping worldwide with Intl. Express service: it’s not cheap, especially because of this big, heavy watch box, and yet fast and reliable, two days in Europe, three days worldwide. You can reduce the cost of delivery by abandoning this heavy box. Personal opinion, based on 30+ years of collecting experience: Villeret Ultraplate is one of most beautiful classical wristwatches ever and attractive investments in haute couture intemporelle dans le monde des montres. A union of technical refinement and aesthetic purity, Blancpain’s ultra-slim watch is set apart by its elegance and the technical accomplishments needed to create it. All photos were taken personally by me and correspond to the exact wrist watch you are placing your bid on. NO EXTRA COSTS for EU Buyers! Blancpain’s appeal is its combination of historic pedigree, sophisticated mechanical movements and very restrained design. The offered Villeret Ultraplate expresses that particularly well. This is a watch for someone who appreciates the movement and proportions as much as the name on the dial. The polished steel, Roman numerals and leaf-shaped hands give it lasting elegance, while the long power reserve makes it practical to rotate with other watches.

Estimate:£5,863.13

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