Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, May 08, 2010

LOT 87

Franck Muller Endurance 24 Franck Muller, Genève, "Endurance 24", No. 107, Ref. 2880. Sold on February 1998. Fine and unusual, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, and a 24-hour dial. Accompanied by fitted box, certificate and an additional strap.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs, stepped bezel, screwed-down case back with ?Endurance 24? decoration, sapphire crystal. D. Orange with luminous Arabic numerals in 24-hour graduation and baton indexes, outer minute graduation in red Arabic markers and outer 1/5th seconds scale, sunk subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials. Luminous blued steel lozenge hands. M. Cal. 1870, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm.