and Franck Muller. The sale marks the company’s third auction. A sale in April raked in roughly $370,000 at current exchange, while the combined May hammer prices came in at approximately $282,080. This month’s lot includes three platinum pieces, a monopusher chronograph and a limited-edition salmon dial, to name a few.A few watches already have bids straight out the gate.
“It’s unbelievably special and this is the only example we’ve crossed paths with over the past eight years,” says Walton when asked which piece he wishes he could keep in his own vault. “Only sixteen were made in platinum, with a modified Lemania 2220 movement, from the 1930s. This was very unusual at the time but is now seen in the work of later independent watchmakers like Kari Voutilainen. It’s also from 1991, so at the height of Daniel Roth’s involvement in his eponymous brand.
Apparently, collectors agree. The watch is already leading the pack with the highest bid, currently at £20,000 .Prototype pieces, such as the Franck Muller chronograph, however, are not to be overlooked and are always intriguing finds in the secondary market. Typically, these remain with the manufacturer or the watchmaker that created them and are used as blueprints for production pieces.
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