Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010

LOT 421

Franck Muller White Gold Cintrée Curvex Ch ronographe Franck Muller, Genève, "Cintrée Curvex Chronographe", No. 07, Ref. 5850 CC. Made in the 1990s. Fine, tonneau-shaped and curved, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with olive-shaped button chronograph, register and an 18K white gold Franck Muller buckle. Accompanied by a Franck Muller Certificate of Origin (blank).

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, case back with 4 screws, domed sapphire crystal. D. Guilloché silver with painted Arabic numerals, inner concentric 1/5th seconds scale with black 5- minute/seconds Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Blued steel feuille hands. M. Cal. 1872, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 32 x 45 mm. Thickness 11 mm.