The Collection of a European Nobleman

Geneva, May 11, 2008

LOT 340

Imperial Tourbillon No. 01 Franck Muller, "Cintrée Curvex Imperial Tourbillon", No. 01, Ref. 2852 T. Made in 1996. Very fine and very rare, curved, tonneau-shaped, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator and an 18K yellow gold Franck Muller buckle.

CHF 40,000 - 50,000

EUR 25,000 - 32,000 / USD 40,000 - 50,000

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 4 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Silvered engine-turned with silver painted black radial Breguet numerals, aperture for the visible tourbillion regulator under a polished steel bridge at 6, carrying the blued steel serpentine seconds hand. Blued steel pear and double-feuille hands. M. Cal. 6277, ?first quality?, tonneau-shaped, gilt, fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with 3 polished equidistant steel arms, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 31 x 43 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Franck Muller is one of the few prestigious manufactures whose creator signs each single model. This enhances the uniqueness of each collection. The creation of the world?s most complicated watch in 1992 - enriched by new functions in 1998 and hailed again as a world record - brought worldwide attention to the event and confirmed the international prestige of the company. Each year since a new and unique timepiece is launched - a world first again and again. Its complications so successfully combined set the horological world ablaze with delight. The forms, richer every year, continually reconfirm the creator?s unique style, immediately and undeniably recognizable. Such new creations today are ?Casablanca?, ?Havana?, ?Master Banker? or ?Conquistador?, to only name a few, each a faithful retranscription of the original and creative talent of Franck Muller.