$23,000
Franck Muller, "Chronograph, Perpetual Calendar, Equation", No. 08, Ref. 7000 QPE. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine and important, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, retrograde monthly equation of time, 42 hours autonomy, round button chronograph and register, with a Franck Muller buckle. three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, gold screwed bars, straight lugs, domed sapphire crystal. black with applied square and pyramidal indexes, outer Arabic numeral ring for the chronograph, auxiliary dials for the 30 minutes register, the 24 hours, the days of the week and the month, semi-circular graduation for the retrograde indication of the months and equation of time, aperture for the moon phases. "Breguet" white gold hands. Cal. 7000, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance shock-absorber, self-compensating fat balance-spring, platinum rotor, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 39 mm. Accompanied by box and certificate. Notes For a biography of Franck Muller, see page 152.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-05-08
