Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 10, 2010

LOT 184

Franck Muller - Platinum Chronograph - Perpetual Calendar - Retro - Equation Franck Muller, Perpetual Calendar, Chronograph, No. 08, Ref. 7000 QPE. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and important, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, retrograde monthly equation of time, 42-hour autonomy, round button chronograph, register, and a Franck Muller buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, straight lugs, domed stepped bezel, sapphire crystals. D. Black with applied white gold pyramid indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the 30 minute register, the 24 hours, the leap years, the days of the week and the date, semi-circular graduation for the retrograde indication of the months and equation of time, aperture for the moon phases. White gold Breguet hands. M. Cal. 7000, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, platinum rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 14 mm.