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Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 68

Franck Muller, Genève, "Transamerica Big Ben", Ref. 2000. Produced in 2001.Very fine, tonneau-shaped, center-seconds, self-winding, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with second time zone, date and alarm and a stainless steel Franck Muller bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. two-body, polished, screwed-down case back, sapphire crystal. D. "guilloché" silver with luminous Arabic numerals, apertures for the second time zone and date, concentric luminous red markers for the alarm feature, operated by crown at 4 o'clock. "Lozenge" luminous blued steel hands. M. FM 7850, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 40 x 52 mm.Approx. overall length: 185 mm.