Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 26

"Conquistador King" Franck Muller, Genève, "Conquistador King", Ref. 8005 CC. Made circa 2000. Very fine, large, tonneau-shaped and curved, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with oval button chronograph, register, date and a stainless steel Franck Muller buckle. Accompanied by the original box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, case back with 4 screws, screwed-down winding-crown, domed sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous painted radial yellow Arabic numerals, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous yellow "feuille" hands. M. Cal. FM 7000, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperatures, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 47 mm. Thickness 13 mm.