Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 212

"Cintrée Curvex Jump Hour" Franck Muller, Genève, "Cintrée Curvex Jump Hour", No. 04, Ref. 2852 HS. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and unusual, tonneau-shaped and curved, jump-hour, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with a platinum Franck Muller buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, engraved case back with 4 screws, domed sapphire crystal. D. Guilloché silver with outer minute divisions and 5 minute painted Breguet numerals, aperture for the jump hours at 12. Blued steel "double spade" hand. M. Cal. 7500, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 31 x 43 mm. Thickness 9 mm.