Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hog Kong, Feb 26, 2011

LOT 107

Franck Muller Pink Gold Conquistador Chronograph Franck Muller, Genève, "Conquistador", No. 21, Ref. 8002 CC. Made circa 2002. Fine, tonneau-shaped and curved, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with date and an 18K pink gold Franck Muller buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, case back secured by 4 screws, screwed-down winding crown, curved sapphire crystal. D. Silver with applied gold Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds scale with five-second Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous gold 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.