Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 13, 2012

LOT 309

FRANCK MULLER REF. 1100 DS R LONG ISLAND DOUBLE RETRO-SECONDS YELLOW GOLD Franck Muller, Genève, Long Island ? Double Retrograde Seconds, No. 228, Ref. 1100 DS R. Made in the 2000s. Very fine, large, rectangular curved, self-winding, water resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with double retrograde seconds and an 18K yellow gold Franck Muller buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, straight lugs, screwed bars, back with four screws, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloche black with oversized painted off-white Arabic numerals, inner minute track, two retrograde seconds sectors, 0-30 below 12 and 30-60 above 6. Painted off-white spade hands. M. Cal. 2800 GR, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, micrometer regulator, platinum rotor segment, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 45 x 32 mm. Thickness 10 mm.