Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 66

Franck Muller, Genève, "Cintrée Curvex - Big Ben Alarm GMT", No. 41, Ref. 7850. Produced circa 2001. Fine, tonneau-shaped and curved, two time-zone, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with date, alarm, two crowns, 40-hour autonomy and an 18K pink gold Franck Muller buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, case back with screws, domed sapphire crystal. D. "Guilloché" black with painted white styized Arabic numerals, inner concentric 12 hours alarm ring dial with red Arabic numerals, above the 6 apertures for the digital second time zone and the date, the crown at 2 activates the main hand setting, the second time-zone and winds the watch, the crown at 4 sets the alarm and winds its mechanism. Tritium-coated blued steel "lozenge" hands, "serpentine" with red arrow for the alarm. M. Cal. 7850, rhodium-plated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 35 x 49 mm. Height 14 mm.