Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Mar 19, 2003

LOT 99

Franck Muller, "Automatic Perpetual Calendar", No. 07, Ref. 7000 QPA. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine and important, astronomic, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, retrograde monthly equation of time, 42 hours autonomy and a stainless steel Franck Muller buckle.

C .three-body, polished and brushed, straight lugs, screwed bars, sapphire crystal. D. brushed silver with pyramidal blue indexes on a "guilloché" reserve, auxiliary "guilloché" 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 above the 6, graduation for the age of the moon and aperture for the moon phases under the 12, outer 1/5th second scale. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 7000, rhodium-lated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperature, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, platinum rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm.