Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 08, 2014
LOT 214
FRANCK MULLER - WHITE GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR RETROGRADE Franck Muller, Genève, "Cintrée Curvex, Perpetual Calendar", case No. 43, Ref. 6850 QPE. Made circa 2000. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, curved, astronomic, self-winding, 18K white gold wristwatch with oval shaped button chronograph, perpetual calendar with retrograde month, moon phases and an 18K white gold Franck Muller buckle.
CHF 15,000 - 20,000
HKD 125,000 - 172,000 / USD 16,000 - 21,000
Sold: CHF 18,750
Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 4 screws, sapphire Crystal, correctors on the band. Guilloche silver with painted radial Arabic numerals and indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-seconds Arabic markers on a plain reserve, subsidiary guilloche silver dials for the days of the month, of the week, the 24 hours and the leap year, retrograde sector for the months and equation of time at 6, aperture for the moon phases at 12. Blued steel spade hands. Cal. 1188MC, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, rotor with platinum segment.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |