$5,664
"Endurance 24" Franck Muller, Genève, "Endurance 24", No. 44, Ref. 2880 En. Made in 1999. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, 24-hour dial and an 18K white gold Franck Muller buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave lugs, screwed-down case back with “Endurance 24” decoration, domed sapphire crystal. Black with luminous Arabic numerals in 24-hour graduation, outer minute graduation in red Arabic markers and outer 1/5th seconds scale, sunk subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials. Luminous blued steel "lozenge" hands. Cal. 1870, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes Endurance 24 The Endurance 24 was produced in limited editions of 500 examples in stainless steel, 50 in 18K yellow, red, pink and white gold, and 50 in platinum. They featured various dial colors like black, white, orange, cream-colored or bluish-grey.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-03-15
