Blancpain Villeret Chronograph watch

The Blancpain Villeret Chronograph watch is an elegant dress timepiece that also shows off a popular complication. Crafted from precious materials, and displaying traditional Swiss craftsmanship, the Blancpain Villeret Chronograph watch is a perfect representative of the values which define Blancpain amongst the small circle of elite watchmaking houses.  The finely polished case of the Blancpain Villeret Chronograph watch measures 40mm in diameter, and is crafted from 18K red or white gold, which has been given a fine, lustrous polish; it is the perfect frame for the elegant dial which is accented by shapely leaf hands and Roman numerals made of gold. 

Blancpain's choice to make the Villeret chronograph watch a bi-compax (two counter) design enables this watch to retain the technical abilities of a chronograph without any excess visual clutter that a third subdial might create on a watch of such classical pedigree.  The movement that animates this fine chronograph timepiece is the Blancpain 1188 Calibre, a refined and exceptionally thin mechanism developed by Blancpain and its exclusive movement Manufacture, Frederic Piguet. 

Constructed of 305 individually hand-finished pieces that are arranged within the space of just 5.5 millimeters, the 1188 Calibre boasts a traditional column wheel chronograph control, and a power reserve of 40 hours.  Refined with cotes de Geneve, anglage and perlage decorations, each 1188 Calibre movement is painstakingly built by a single watchmaker, who is responsible for all aspects of its fine adjustment and functional integrity.  The Blancpain Villeret Chronograph watch is available in three equally tantalizing variations---in 18K rose gold with an opaline dial, or 18K white gold, with either an opaline or galvanic blue dial.  All versions of this beautiful watch are supplied on sumptuous crocodile leather straps, with matching gold buckles.