Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009

LOT 274

White Gold, Conquistador Cortez Chronograph Franck Muller, Genève, " Conquistador Cortez, Chronograph", No.142, Ref. 10000 H CC. Made circa 2005. Fine, large, square and curved, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with oval button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K white gold Franck Muller buckle. Accompanied by the original box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 4 screws, screwed-down winding-crown, domed sapphire crystal. D. Flinqué brown with large luminous painted radial Arabic numerals, outer minute/seconds division with 5-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the 30- minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous white gold feuille hands. M. Cal. FM 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, platinum rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 41 x 41 mm. Thickness 14 mm.