Important Watches Collector's Wristwa...

The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Feb 20, 2005

LOT 53

Franck Muller, Genève, ?Cintrée Curvex Master Banker?, No. 638, Ref. 5850 MB. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wrist-watch with date and three time zones, with leather strap and 18K pink gold buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, convex bezel, back with 4 screws and signature, sapphire crystal. D. ?Guilloché? sil-verwith painted black Arabic numerals, subsidiary guilloché dials on the 12 and on the 6 for the two additionaltime zones, aperture for the date. Blued steel 'spade' hands. M. Cal. 2800, rhodium plated, 23 jewels, 'faussescôtes' decoration, lever escapement, bimetallic balance with micrometric screw adjusted to 5 positions and tem-perature,flat balance-spring, platinum rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 31 x 45 mm. Thickness 12 mm.