Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 96

Franck Muller, "Cintrée Curvex, Master Imperial Tourbillon" No. 64, Ref. 7851 T. Produced in 2001.Very fine and very rare, tonneau-shaped, 18K white gold gentleman?s wristwatch with visible one-minute flying tourbillon reg-ulator,48-hour power reserve and an 18K white gold Franck Muller buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with screws, sapphire crystals. D. "guilloché" silver with painted and oversizedradial Breguet numerals, at 6 aperture for the flying tourbillion cage with its FM-shaped and hand-engraved arms. Blued steel lumi-nous"lozenge" hands. M. Cal. FM 2001-2, hand-engraved, 21 jewels, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to allpositions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed. Movement also engraved ?First quality?.Dim. 35 X 42 mm.