Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 25, 2012

LOT 321

FRANCK MULLER REF. 7000 QP E PINK GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH Franck Muller, Perpetual Calendar, Chronograph, No. 10, Ref. 7000 QP E. Made in the 1990's. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, 18K pink gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, retrograde monthly equation of time, 42 hours autonomy, round button chronograph with an 18K pink gold Franck Muller buckle. Accompanied by a box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished, straight lugs, screwed bars, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone silver with applied blued steel pyramid indexes, subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the months, the leap year, semi-circular graduation for the retrograde indication of the months and equation of time at 6, graduation for the age of the moon and aperture for the moon phases at 12, outer 1/5th second track with 5-seconds Arabic markers. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 7000, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, micrometer regulator, platinum rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 13 mm.