Important Collectors’ Wristwatches an...

Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 56

"12-Hour Chronograph" Franck Muller, Genève, No. US 01, Ref. 7200. Made in the early 1990s. Very fine, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and an 18K yellow gold Franck Muller buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped rounded bezel, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone silver with applied blued-steel radial Roman numerals, subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer chronograph scale with red Arabic numerals. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. Valjoux 726, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, selfcompensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 13 mm.