Blancpain
Ladies' gold wristwatch, Tabbah Beyrouth
This elegant vintage ladies' cocktail watch represents a refined mid-century collaboration between the historic Swiss manufacture Blancpain and the prestigious Parisian luxury retailer UTI, dating from circa the 1950s to the 1960s. The piece is characterized by its minimalist, rectangular cream-colored dial, uniquely oriented horizontally, featuring co-branded signatures with UTI at the top and Blancpain at the bottom. Housed in a striking 18k yellow gold square case, the watch is seamlessly integrated with a matching, heavily textured woven gold brick-link bracelet that epitomizes the glamorous jewelry-watch styling of the era. Driven by a high-grade, hand-wound Swiss mechanical movement, this rare timepiece beautifully balances mechanical horology with high-fashion Parisian design.
- Brand
- Blancpain
- Category
- Watches
- Model
- Montre-bracelet
- Movement
- Manual mechanical
- Dimension
- 12mm
- Case material
- Gold
- Bracelet material
- Solid 18 k gold heavily textured architectural brick-link jewelry band
- Condition
- NOS
Catalogue note
This rare co-signed timekeeper stands as an exceptional artifact from the post-war golden age of horological collaboration, capturing the precise moment when Swiss mechanical precision met the height of Parisian haute joaillerie. Distributed through UTI, the premier French luxury house of the mid-20th century, this watch features a highly unusual horizontally oriented rectangular dial that flips traditional cocktail aesthetics on its side. Housing a remarkably diminutive, high-grade Blancpain mechanical movement within its 18k yellow gold architecture, the piece demonstrates the extreme micro-engineering mastery required to fit reliable hand-wound calibers into fine jewelry forms. Paired with its beautifully preserved, architectural brick-link gold bracelet, this timepiece represents a significant and highly collectible chapter in Blancpain’s heritage, illustrating how the historic manufacture catered to an elite, fashion-forward European clientele.