Franck Muller Early Manual Wind Chronograph, White Gold

Brand

Franck Muller 

Reference

3870 NA

Functions

Chronograph, hours, minutes, seconds

Case material

18K White Gold

Case diameter

36mm

Movement

Automatic

Strap / Buckle

Unsigned leather strap, Franck Muller 18k gold tang buckle

Period

Ca. 1994

Box / Papers

Original box and certificate

Remarks

A rare find as this reference is normally seen with a double face (DF). The watch presented here though, has a single face and a display case back that reveals the nicely finished hand-wound Lemania based movement. Scholars have claimed that only 15 pieces with a single face like this one were ever made. 

Finished in two tones, the glossy black dial has a contrasting outer sector finished in matte. It has applied white gold Roman numerals and a printed minute track with red Arabic numerals 5-minute markers.