Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 11, 2009

LOT 217

Conquistador Franck Muller, Genève, "Conquistador CC," No. 010. Made circa 2000. Fine, tonneau-shaped, curved, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with oval-button chronograph, register, date and a stainless steel Franck Muller buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, case back with 4 screws, screwed-down winding-crown, curved sapphire crystal. D. Black with painted luminous silver-edged Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds scale with five-second Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous steel feuille hands, red arrow for the center seconds. M. Cal. FM 1185, rhodiumplated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperatures, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 49 mm. Thickness 13 mm.