$8,625
"Endurance 24" Franck Muller, Genève, Endurance 24 chronograph, No. 45. Made in a limited edition of 50 examples in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, 24-hour dial and an 18K yellow gold Franck Muller buckle. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, tachometerbezel, concave lugs, screwed-down chronograph buttonsand dedicated screwed-down case back decorated withthe "Franck Muller" symbol and signed "Endurance 24",domed sapphire crystal. Bi-colored, dark blue withluminous Arabic 24 hour numerals and bâton markers,outer silvered guilloché seconds track with fifths ofseconds divisions, Arabic five second numerals and luminousbâton markers, subsidiary silvered guilloché dials forthe seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Luminousblued steel "Lozenge" hands. Cal. 1870, rhodiumplated,18 jewels, "fausses côtes" decoration, straight linelever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5positions, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometerregulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-06-15
