Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 109

?Tourbillon No. 01? Franck Muller, Genève, "Tourbillon - Calendrier Perpétuel - Chronographe Rattrapante?, No. 01, Ref. 1790QTR. Sold on Dec. 14, 2002. Extremely fine and very rare, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with oneminute tourbillon regulator, round button split-seconds chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, leap year indication and an 18K pink gold Franck Muller buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, setting pin, 3 extra straps and a certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, straight and rounded lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Satiné silver with applied blued steel pyramid indexes on a ?guilloché? reserve, ?guilloché? ring dials for the days of the months, of the week, the months, the leap year and the 30-minute register. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. Cal. 14???, hand-engraved, gilt, 28 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with A-shaped steel frame under a polished steel cock, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial signed, case numbered. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 15 mm.