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Franck Muller
Ref. 2850 QP
Cintrée Curvex Perpetual Calendar
A well-preserved, rare, and unusual yellow gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases and leap year indication
- Estimate
- $6,000 - 12,000
- Manufacturer
- Franck Muller
- Year
- Circa 1990s
- Reference No
- 2850 QP
- Case No
- I 13
- Model Name
- Cintrée Curvex Perpetual Calendar
- Material
- 18K yellow gold
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 2800, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Leather
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18K yellow gold Franck Muller buckle
- Dimensions
- 38mm length x 31mm width
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement, and buckle signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by Franck Muller leather certificate booklet, fitted wooden presentation box, and outer packaging.
Catalogue Essay
• The present lot combines brand’s elegant cintrée case shape with the refined mechanical craftsmanship of a perpetual calendar and moon phase complications.
• This Franck Muller Perpetual Calendar Moon phase 2850 QP dates to early 1990s and features a 31mm x 38mm 18k yellow gold case, a curved sapphire crystal, and corrector pushers along the case flanks. Its silver opaline dial showcases the brand’s distinctive, playful Arabic numerals in black lacquer, silvered radial sub-registers, a crescent aperture moon phases display, and elegant blued ‘spade’ hands. Offered in hardly worn, outstanding overall condition, it is offered complete with its original certificate and presentation boxes.
Franck Muller
Swiss | 1991Specializing in top-quality timepieces, Swiss watchmaking company Franck Muller was founded in 1991 in Geneva. The company was named after watchmaker Franck Muller, also known as the "Master of Complications," and Vartan Sirmakes, Co-Founder and CEO of the Franck Muller Group. Shortly after graduating from watchmaking school in the 1980s, Muller was among the first to create his own tourbillon wristwatch, along with world-renowned brands Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin.
In addition to Muller's fine craftsmanship and intricate complications, the brand is often recognized for its modern designs and colorful flare. To date, the brand's notable lines are the Curvex, Crazy Hours, Casablanca, Conquistador, Long Island and Aeternitas, as well as Revolution2 and Revolution3.