Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2014

LOT 118

FRANCK MULLER REF. 96.01 ENDURANCE 24 STEEL SPECIAL LE MANS EDITION Franck Muller, Genève, "Endurance 24", No. 029, Ref. 96.01. Made in a limited editon for the Le Mans 24-Hour race in the 1990s. Fine, stainless steel, manual-winding, water-resistant wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, 24-hour dial and a stainless steel buckle. Accompanied by the original Endurance 24 special edition box.

Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave lugs, screwed- down case back with "Endurance 24" and racing car engraved decoration, sapphire crystal. Black with luminous Arabic numerals in 24-hour graduation, outer minute graduation in red Arabic numerals and outer 1/5th seconds scale, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials. Luminous blued steel lozenge hands. Cal. 1870, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.