Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 192

"Master Banker" Franck Muller, Genève, "Master Banker", Ref. 7000 MB. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with three time zones, date and a stainless steel Franck Muller buckle.

C. Three-body, polished, rounded bezel, straight lugs, screwed bars, domed sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials at 12 and 6 for the two additional time zones, aperture for the date. Luminous blued steel "lozenge" hands. M. Cal. 2800, rhodium- plated, 23 jewels, "fausses-côtes" decoration, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, platinum rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 11 mm.