4,000 CHF
FRANCK MULLER LIMITED EDITION SCUDERIA MINARDI Franck Muller, Genève, « Minardi Formula », No. 01/50. Produced in a limited edition of 50 examples for the scuderia Minardi in the 1990s. Fine and unusual, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and F1 race location names and stainless steel Franck Muller buckle. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back with applied central medallion for Minardi Formula team, screw-down chronograph buttons, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 500 units per hour, sapphire crystal. Black with painted luminous Arabic numerals, silvered subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer silvered minute/second scale with radial black Arabic numerals, aperturesfor the date and for the race location names « Silverstone, Montreal, Monaco, Barcelone, Imola, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Melbourne, Suzuka, Nurburggring, Monza, SPA, Hockenheim, Zeltweg ». Luminous blued steel lozenge hands. Cal. 7000, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 40 mm. THICKNESS 15.5 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-09
