Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 449

FRANCK MULLER CONQUISTADOR CHRONOGRAPH Franck Muller, Genève, "Master of Complications" No. 436. Ref. 8002 CC. Made circa 2002. Fine, tonneau-shaped, curved, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with oval-button chronograph, register, date and a stainless steel Franck Muller buckle. To be sold without reserve

USD 3,000 - 5,000

EUR 2,200 - 3,700 / CHF 3,200 - 5,400

Sold: USD 5,040

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, case back secured by 4 screws, screwed-down winding crown, curved sapphire crystal. D. Black with applied steel Arabic numerals with luminous surrounds, outer 1/5th seconds scale with five-second Arabic markers and dots, 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, rhodium-plated, 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. From The Arman Collection


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-9

Good

Scratched

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original