8 Franck Muller An attractive and precious, Cintrée Curvex, perpetual calendar with moon phases, retrograde month, leap year and day/night indication chronograph automatic wristwatch in pink gold, with guarantee and presentation box, reference 6850 QPE.
Estimate: € 8.000 – 16.000
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- Model Cintrée Curvex Perpetual Calendar Chronograph
- Year 2003
- Reference 6850 QPE
- Case Material 18K pink gold
- Case Number N°56
- Bracelet Material Leather strap
- Movement Automatic, cal. 1188MC, 37 jewels
- Dimension 34mm width x 47mm length
- Signed Case, dial and movement
- Accessories Accompanied by Franck Muller guarantee dated November 2003 stamped Duran Joyeros SAU, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Since its founding in the early 1990s, Franck Muller has cultivated a distinct voice in haute horlogerie, one that embraces both technical bravado and a graphic, expressive aesthetic. Dubbed the “Master of Complications,” the brand became especially known for tonneau cases, richly engraved dials, and an almost architectural approach to multi-function watches that appealed to collectors looking for personality as much as performance. The present Cintrée Curvex Perpetual is one of Franck Muller’s early and most ambitious perpetual calendar chronographs. In 18k pink gold with its signature Cintrée Curvex case, it combines a full calendar with moon phase indication and a flyback chronograph function, a rare collision of functions even in an era when multi-function watches were becoming more common. The dial’s layered layout, subsidiary registers for day, date, month, and 24-hour indication coupled with a moon phase at 12 is busy, yet harmonised through guilloché textures and a clear typographic hierarchy, hallmarks of the manufacture’s design language. What sets this example apart is its excellent condition, charming patination and complete set of accessories. For a collector with an appreciation for complications that express themselves as objects, with unmistakable identity, this 6850 QP E stands as one of the most characterful and collectible references from the brand’s formative years.
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