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New York, Mar 15, 2006
LOT 75
Franck Muller, Genève, "Endurance 24", No. 010, Ref. 2880 En. Made in 1999. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, 24-hour dial and a stainless steel Franck Muller buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, extra strap and certificate.
USD 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 2,500 - 3,300
Sold: USD 3,540
C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave lugs, screwed-down case back with ?Endurance 24? decoration, domed sapphire crystal. D. White with luminous Arabic numerals in 24-hour graduation, outer minute graduation in red Arabic markers and outer 1/5th seconds scale, sunk subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, flag motif at 15. Luminous blued steel "lozenge" hands. M. Cal. 1870, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2 |
Very good |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |
Notes
The Endurance 24 was produced in limited editions of 500 examples in stainless steel, 50 in 18K yellow, red, pink and white gold, and 50 in platinum. They featured various dial colors like black, white, orange, cream-colored or bluish-grey.