Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 338

Yellow Gold Conquistador, No.1 Franck Muller, Genève, "Conquistador", No. 01. Made circa 2000. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped and curved, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, date and a 18K yellow gold Franck Muller buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 4 screws, screwed-down winding-crown, domed sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous radial and graduated Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date at 6, outer red and white minute/seconds division with Arabic numerals. Luminous yellow gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 1185, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperatures, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 36 x 41 mm. Thickness 13 mm.