Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 11, 2009

LOT 218

Magnum Chronograph Franck Muller Genève, ?Cintree Curvex, Magnum Chronograph, Master Calendar,? No. 72, Ref. 6850 CC MC. Made in the late 1990s. Very fine, tonneau-shaped and curved, self-winding, water resistant to 30 meters, 18K pink gold wristwatch with triple date, oval button chronograph with registers and an 18K pink gold Franck Muller buckle. Accompanied by the original box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 4 screws, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloche silver with sunray pattern and painted Arabic numerals, outer graduation for the date, most outer 1/5th seconds track with red 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds, the 30-minute register and 24-hour indication, apertures for the days of the week and the months. Blued steel double spade hands. M. Cal.1188 MC, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 34 x 47 mm. Thickness 13 mm.