Online Catalogue
24 June 2026 - Basel Watch Auction
Provenance
Swiss owner
The Blancpain Villeret Perpetual Calendar Reference 5453 is a cornerstone of the brand’s “Six Masterpieces” collection, developed during the influential Jean-Claude Biver and Jacques Piguet era of the 1980s. This reference was instrumental in revitalizing mechanical watchmaking by focusing on traditional complications during the quartz crisis.
Online Catalogue 24 June 2026 - Basel Watch Auction Lot 451
Blancpain
“Villeret Perpetual calendar”, Ref. 5453, No. 7, circa 1990
A 18k yellow gold automatic wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases
Case: round-shape with snap on case back, push pin holes on the band to adjust the calendar functions, signed
Dial: white with applied Roman numerals, three registers for the date indication, months indication and bissextile year at 9, date indication at 12, day indication at 3 and aperture for the ages and phases of the moon phases at 6, signed
Movement: automatic, caliber 53, signed
Buckle/Clasp: A 18K yellow gold buckle, signed
Dimensions: 34 mm
Weight: 53 g
*CHF 8'000 – 12'000
Provenance
Swiss owner
The Blancpain Villeret Perpetual Calendar Reference 5453 is a cornerstone of the brand’s “Six Masterpieces” collection, developed during the influential Jean-Claude Biver and Jacques Piguet era of the 1980s. This reference was instrumental in revitalizing mechanical watchmaking by focusing on traditional complications during the quartz crisis.