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Geneva, May 10, 2009

LOT 197

Red Limited Edition ? Steel Perpetual Calendar Franck Muller, Genève, "Cintrée Curvex - Quantième Perpétuel ? Red Limited Edition", No. 41/50, Ref. 6850 QP. Made circa 2003 in a limited edition of 50 examples. Very fine, tonneau-shaped and curved, self-winding, water-resistant, center-seconds, stainless steel wristwatch with perpetual calendar, leap year indication, moon phases and a stainless steel Franck Muller buckle. Accompanied by a Frank Muller carrousel winding box and Certificate of Origin.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, engraved case back with 4 screws, correctors in the band, domed sapphire crystal. D. Guilloche gray with painted red stylized Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the months with 4-year cycle, days of the week and date, aperture for the moon phases. Red lozenge hands. M. Cal. 2800, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, platinum rotor segment, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 34 x 47 mm. Thickness 12 mm.