Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Mar 10, 2011

LOT 150

Franck Muller - White Gold & Diamonds Conquistador - Chrono Franck Muller, Genève, "Master of Complications," No. 130. Ref. 8002 CC D. Made circa 2002. Fine, tonneau-shaped, curved, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with oval-button chronograph, register, date and an 18K white gold Franck Muller buckle set with 10 round diamonds. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, bezel and sides set with 282 round diamonds, case back with 4 screws, screwed-down winding crown, curved sapphire crystal. D. Black with applied white gold Arabic numerals with luminous frames, outer minute/seconds scale with fivesecond Arabic markers and dots, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous steel feuille hands, red arrow for the center seconds. M. Cal. FM 1185, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperatures, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 47 mm. Thickness 13 mm.