Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 08, 2014
LOT 43
FRANCK MULLER LIMITED EDITION SCUDERIA MINARDI Franck Muller, Genève, « Minardi Formula », No. 01/50. Produced in a limited edition of 50 examples for the scuderia Minardi in the 1990s. Fine and unusual, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and F1 race location names and stainless steel Franck Muller buckle.
CHF 3,000 - 5,000
HKD 25,000 - 41,000 / USD 3,200 - 5,400
Sold: CHF 4,000
Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back with applied central medallion for Minardi Formula team, screw-down chronograph buttons, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 500 units per hour, sapphire crystal. Black with painted luminous Arabic numerals, silvered subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer silvered minute/second scale with radial black Arabic numerals, aperturesfor the date and for the race location names « Silverstone, Montreal, Monaco, Barcelone, Imola, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Melbourne, Suzuka, Nurburggring, Monza, SPA, Hockenheim, Zeltweg ». Luminous blued steel lozenge hands. Cal. 7000, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 1 |
As new |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |