Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 75

Stainless Steel Casablanca Chronograph Franck Muller, Genève, Ref. 5850 C CC. Made circa 2000. Fine, tonneau-shaped and curved, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and a stainless steel Franck Muller buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, case back with 4 screws, domed sapphire crystal. D. Salmon-colored with painted radial Arabic numerals and indexes, inner concentric 1/5th seconds scale with black 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials. Blued steel lozenge 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. Property of Various Owners