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Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

LOT 472

?Repetition Minute No. 01? Franck Muller, Genève, ?Repetition Minute?, No. 01. Made in the 1990s. Extremely fine and rare, minute-repeating, 18K pink gold wristwatch with ?couple de sonnerie? and an 18K pink gold Franck Muller buckle.

CHF 55,000 - 65,000

EUR 35,000 - 40,000 / USD 45,000 - 55,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent snap case back, sapphire crystals, gold screw bars. D. Two-tone silver with applied blued steel radial Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, graduated sector for the ?couple de sonnerie?. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 32 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, self-compensating Breguet balancespring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 11 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 2

Very good

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

For a biography of Franck Muller, see lot 106.