Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 28, 2014

LOT 135

FRANCK MULLER REF. 98 UNIQUE PIECE CASINO GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE MINUTE REPEATER PLATINUM AND DIAMONDS Franck Muller, Geneve, Unique Piece, Ref. 98 "Casino." Made in the 1990s. Very fine and unique, extremely rare, grande et petite sonnerie minute- repeating, platinum and diamond-set pocket watch, double faced with roulette automation in the back. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin.

HKD 800,000 - 1,600,000

USD 103,000 - 206,000 / CHF 94,000 - 185,000

Sold: HKD 990,000

Three-body, solid, brushed, band, bezel and bow pave-set with baguette Pave-set with round diamonds, blue baguette sapphire hour indexes, pave diamond-set central disc with triangular sapphire for the hour indication. Cal. 29 mm. first quality, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 51 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs by means of a slide on the band.


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Grading System
Grade:
Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 3**

Good

Repair required, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2

Very good

Notes

and round diamonds, total ct. WEIGHT 17.81, repeater slide on the band, push button to activate the casino automation at 8, sapphire crystal. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 48 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm.