Blancpain Leman Flyback Chronograph

The Blancpain Leman Perpetual Calendar Flyback Chronograph watch combines two prestigious complications within the versatile and elegant framework of the Leman watch format. Within the classical round 38mm form of the Blancpain Leman watchcase, which is water-resistant to 100 meters, lies an immensely complex, hand-crafted movement---the 5585 Calibre. Composed of 395 hand-finished pieces, the 5585 Calibre animates both a flyback chronograph, and a perpetual calendar, which indicates day of the week, date, month, and leap year, as well as phases of the moon. The chronograph mechanism, controlled by a column-wheel, offers the desirable flyback function, which allows the user, should they so desire, to re-send the chronograph hand to zero as many times as desired, without first initiating the stop sequence. The perpetual calendar mechanism, considered the most difficult and prestigious of calendar mechanisms, requires no manual corrections by the wearer to show the correct date, its complex mechanism programmed to take into account the varying length of months.

Refined in the traditional Swiss manner by the craftsmen of the house of Blancpain, the plates and bridges of the 5185 Calibre are decorated with traditional perlage, Cotes de Geneve, and anglage finishing. The Blancpain Leman Perpetual Calendar Flyback Chronograph watch demonstrates equally exalted craftsmanship in every other aspect as well---the case, manufactured from stainless steel, 18K red gold, or 18K white gold is finely polished and meticulously detailed, from the Blancpain signature integrated into the left side of the caseband, to the perfectly contoured double-stepped bezel that frames the dial. The dial itself, boasting rich detail, complex textures, and hands and hour markers crafted from gold, is available in galvanic blue or deep black, in either the classic "Military" layout, or a slightly dressier version with faceted stick hour markers.

The Blancpain Leman Perpetual Calendar Flyback Chronograph watch can be ordered on a crocodile strap in matching blue or black, complete with a deployant buckle in steel or 18K gold, or with the intricate and beautifully crafted Blancpain X-71 bracelet