Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ...
New York, Dec 11, 2008
LOT 339
Minute Repeater Franck Muller, Genève, "Minute Repeater," No. 03. Produced circa 1995. Very fine and rare, minute-repeating, platinum mid-sized wristwatch with a platinum Franck Muller buckle.
USD 40,000 - 50,000
EUR 31,000 - 40,000 / CHF 47,000 - 60,000
C. Three-body, solid, polished, sapphire case back, sapphire crystal. D. White with applied blued steel Roman numerals, retrograde indication for the repeating function at 6, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel spade hands. M. Rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 32 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 7 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, repeating on gongs through activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 10 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |