Important Collector's Wristwatches & ...

Grand Havana Room, Sep 22, 2004

LOT 101

Franck Muller, Genève, "Cintrée Curvex, Quantième Perpétuel Biretro", No. 16, Ref. 6850 CC QPB. Produced in the 2000s. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with olive shaped button chronograph, bi-retrograde perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K white gold Franck Muller buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 4 screws and inscription, domed sapphire crystal. D. "Guilloché" silver with painted Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute and 12-hour registers and the months, sectors for the retrograde days of the months and the week, aperture for the leap year and the moon phases. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. Cal. 5888 BR, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 45 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 34 x 47 mm.