FRANCK MULLER – MR STATELESS

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January 13 2022

Introducing the Franck Muller Vanguard Casablanca

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Inspired by the famous 1942 film Casablanca, Franck Muller’s conceived the Contrée Curvex Casablanca in 1998, which extolled all the charm of Hollywood films of that era.

Today and 24 years later, Franck Muller presents its new revitalized “Casablanca”, now wearing a hand-polished Vanguard stainless steel case and leaving behind the previous Cintrée Curvex case, which is characterized by accentuating the curvature of the watch’s axes, gives it a more contemporary look, which stands out for its wide bezel and hides lugs.

Thus, the new Vanguard Casablanca is offered in four variants, one with a brown dial, another in salmon and two options in black, namely the one with the blue numbers, which is exclusive to the brand’s boutiques. On the dial, inner bezel with a compass scale, hand-applied numerals filled with Super-LumiNova on black and salmon references, and skeletonized hands also filled lume and round date window at 6 o’clock.

The Vanguard Casablanca is powered by the MVT FM 800-DT automatic movement, which operates at 28,800 Vph and offers up to 42 hours of power reserve.

The watches come with an alligator leather strap stitching by hand in the same colour as the dial numerals.

The watches are offered in the classic time-and-date version and also in the chronograph version and both are available in two different sizes, with a width of 41mm (V41) and 42.5mm (V43) although the latter is only available in Southeast Asia, with prices starting at CHF 7,600 and CHF 13,260 for the time-and-date and chronograph versions respectively.

Introducing the Franck Muller x BWD Crazy Hours Snoopy

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We’ve talked many times here about many of the collaborations of various brands with George Bamford, and I must confess that in general, I get very excited every time I hear about a new collaboration, perhaps because many of the animated cartoon figures remind me of my childhood, where today I can proudly say, that belonged to that generation where characters such as Snoopy, Popeye, Muppets, TinTin, Tom Sawyer, among so many others were part of my world and which I still enjoy today, making me smile.

The most recent collaboration with the Bamford Watch Department is with the prestigious Swiss brand Franck Muller, and if at first glance the central figure of the watch is the Snoopy, which in itself already gives us a big smile, the shuffled disposition of the hours make us smile even more, with the minute and hour hands shaped Snoopy’s paws, with the hour hand moving “disorderly”, it’s no accident that the watch is called Crazy Hours Snoopy.

But the surprises don’t stop there, in fact, the biggest spectacle is even saved for the evening when the entire dial is illuminated through the iconic concentric circular pattern around Snoopy, which is filled with lined Super LumiNova in green tones that perfectly contrasts with the black of the dial and the matte black of the case.

The watch is based on a Cintree Curvex stainless steel case measuring 39.6 mm in diameter and 11.8 mm in thickness, sapphire glass, solid case back, and an appreciable 300 m water resistance. As already mentioned, the dial, in addition to the concentric circular pattern around Snoopy, also comes with its main friend Woodstock in double, positioned at 10 and 9 o’clock, and lastly, applied Arabic numerals. Inside, the Franck Muller Crazy Hours self-winding movement operates, which offers up to 42 hours of power reserve and comes equipped with jumping hours that make the hour hand move non-sequentially, forcing us to concentrate in order to read the real-time, as it presents itself in an unconventional way. The watch is offered with a black fabric strap that matches the dark tone of its case.

The Franck Muller x BWD Crazy Hours Snoopy is a limited edition of 25 pieces, which is offered in a single black box, decorated on the lid with the Crazy Hours design in various shades and also with the Snoopy and Woodstock figures drawn in different points of the box, inside and out. The watches are already available on the Bamford Watch Department website at a price of £ 28,000.

More details at www.franckmuller.com and www.bamfordwatchdepartment.com.

General Specifications:

Brand: Frank Muller

Model: Franck Muller x BWD Crazy Hours Snoopy

Dial: Black

Case Material: Stainless Steel

Case Dimensions: 39.6 mm Diameter, 11.8 mm thickness

Crystal: Sapphire Glass

Case Back: Stainless Steel

Water Resistance: 300 Meters

Strap: Black fabric strap

Caliber: MVD FM 2800-CHR

Functions: Jumping hours, minutes

Winding: Automatic

Frequency: 4 Hz (28,800 Vph)

Jewels: 19

Components: 274

Power Reserve: 42 Hours

Price: £ 28,000

Limited Edition: Yes, 25 pieces

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November 19 2021

Introducing the Franck Muller Grand Central Tourbillon Cintree Curvex

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Franck Muller has just unveiled his new Grand Central Cintree Curvex collection, which features the tourbillon that operates in the center of the clock.

The main focus of this watch is even the large central tourbillon, which resulted in the complex execution of moving the traditional tourbillon positioning at 6 o’clock to the center of the watch, thus forcing a rethinking of the positioning of the hour and minute hands.

The result is visible through an innovative system, which couples a set of wheels to the perimeter of the tourbillon cage, a skeletonized fixed seconds hand at the front that also adds the brand name, and behind another two wheels with the hour hand and another with minute. In the center of the tourbillon, it is still possible to observe the balance spring, the balance wheel, and the escape wheel, which is very pleasing to observe.

The Cintree Curvex case gains a completely different look, not only because of the central tourbillon but also because its cage is fixed slightly above the surface of the dial causing a visual effect of almost touching on the sapphire glass, which in turn features two curvatures, one horizontal and one vertical, another novelty is the bezel that is separated from the case, which allows beautiful two-tone treatments.

The dial features the guilloché motif with hand-applied Arabic numerals molded in different sizes in a fusion of the free space between the periphery of the dial and the tourbillon cage.

From behind, the open case allows to view the Caliber FM CX 40T-CTR, an automatic movement that is very rare with a tourbillon, that operates at 18,000 Vph and offers up to 4 days of power reserve, as well as the careful decoration by hand namely the chamfering on the bridges, sunray brushed on the micro-rotor and barrel cover.

The watch is offered in eight different variants, ranging from an 18k white gold, 18k rose gold, or titanium case, also offered with some color variations of the dial and its accents. Finally, the watches come with a hand-sewn alligator strap with buckle in the case material.

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