Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hog Kong, Feb 26, 2011

LOT 224

Franck Muller, Genève, "Endurance 24", No. 135, Ref. 2880 En. Made in 1999. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, 24-hour dial. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave lugs, screwed-down case back with ?Endurance 24? decoration, domed sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals in 24-hour graduation, 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 13 mm