Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 65

Stainless Steel "Cintrée Curvex Chronographe" Franck Muller, Genève, "Cintrée Curvex Chronographe", No. 162, Ref. 5850 CC. Made in the 1990s. Fine, tonneau-shaped and curved, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with olive-shaped button chronograph, register and an 18K white gold Franck Muller buckle.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, case back with 4 screws, domed sapphire crystal. D. Guilloché silver with painted Arabic numerals, inner concentric 1/5th seconds scale with black 5- minute/seconds Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 1872, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 32 x 45 mm. Thickness 12 mm.