Important Collectors’ Wristwatches an...

Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 57

?Rattrapante? Franck Muller, Genève, No. 04, Ref. 7000R. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, register, and an 18K yellow gold Franck Muller buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, rounded and stepped bezel, rounded lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver, "guilloché" off-center hour dial with painted Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer chronograph graduation. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. Cal. 7000, signed ?Qualité Chronometrique?, rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" and ?oeil-de-perdrix? decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, platinum rotor. The push-button at 8 is to activate the split-seconds mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 13 mm.