Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 249

Franck Muller, Genéve, "Cintrèe Curvex, Casablanca", "Minute Repeater", No. 02, Ref. 7501 RM. Produced in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, minute-repeating, platinum mid-sized wristwatch with a platinum Franck Muller buckle. Accompanied by a box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, case back with 4 screws, "bombé" sapphire crystal. D. "Guilloché" silver with painted radial Arabic numerals, retrograde indication for the repeating function, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. Cal. 75 RM, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 34 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, repeating on gongs through activating slide on the band.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 28 x 39 mm.