11,250 CHF
FRANCK MULLER "RATTRAPANTE" Franck Muller, Genève, No. 03, Ref. 7000R. Sold on December 1992. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, register, and an 18K yellow gold Franck Muller buckle. Accompanied by a user manual and Certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, rounded and stepped bezel, rounded lugs, snap on case back, sapphire crystal. Matte silver, "guilloché" off-center hour dial with painted Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer chronograph graduation. Blued steel spade hands. Cal. 7000, based Valjoux 7750, signed "Qualité Chronometrique", rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" and "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, gold rotor. The push-button at 8 is to activate the split-seconds mechanism. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 39 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-09
