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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 243

Franck Muller, Genève, "Chronograph, Certified Chronometer, Automatic", No. 273, Ref. 7000 CC. Made circa 2000. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and a stainless steel Franck Muller buckle.

C. Three-body, polished, rounded bezel, straight lugs, domed sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with applied white gold Arabic numerals, sunk ?guilloché? subsidiary dials for the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds graduation. White gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. FM 7000, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 30 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, platinum rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 14 mm.