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Franck Muller was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds 1958 to an Italian mother
and Swiss father. One grandfather was a watchmaker but when young
Franck went to a trade school it was to learn to be a floor tiler, but
he found the work ‘too heavy’. His second choice of watchmaking was
clearly a good one as he topped each year of his course at the School
of Horology in Geneva. The school has the interesting idea of
appointing a ‘Trade Uncle’ to give support and encouragement to its
students and Franck was ‘nephew’ to the independent and creative
watchmaker, Svend Andersen, with whom he worked for five years after
graduation. Through Svend, Franck became responsible for the
maintenance and restoration of watches in the Patek Philippe collection
gaining experience with work of the highest class. He made his first
tourbillion in 1984. Svend was also co-founder of the AHCI, which
Franck joined, gaining valuable exposure to serious collectors of ‘one
off’ watches.
The history of Franck Muller watches cannot be counted in units of
time, the common measure for many other watchmaking houses. It is
always the exceptional value of each of his unique creations that has
earned Franck Muller a place in watchmaking history.
With the emergence of master watchmaker Franck Muller, the fine art of
time measurement has unquestionably undergone a major revival. Franck
Muller chose to locate his design and manufacture workshop in the heart
of the village of Genthod, just outside Geneva. This delightful hamlet,
perched on a vineyard-covered hill facing Lake Geneva, offers views of
a landscape that cannot fail to inspire the master watchmaker.
Sheltered from the hustle and bustle of big cities, this village
fosters imagination and creativeness.. The place is as unique as the
harmony and great craftsmanship that shape each of his timepieces.
In 1995, Franck Muller's creative universe took a mantle of prestige:
new premises have been inaugurated for the administration as well as
the watch production. This event represented an important
turning-point. This "solid stone" added to the edifice "Franck Muller"
is a symbol of consolidation and establishment of the marque. Due to
this new structure, the creations of Franck Muller assumed an
extraordinary impulse to arrive with ease in the 21st century whilst
preserving the philosophy and spirit in which the first watches were
created.
This new contemporary classic expresses the refinement and timelessness
of a timepiece whose preciousness is enhanced by the four shades of 18
carat gold and the 950 platinum. The larger sizes contain a Franck
Muller Calibre 2800 platinum automatic rotor movement which is
Chronometer certified.
The smaller CHRONOMETRO models are adapted more to a woman's wrist. The
harmony of the dial in this new collection integrates a small second
hand at 6 o'clock, to complete the picture of time. Finally decorated
with guilloching in the centre and on the outside, they integrate a
manually-wound mechanical movement. An ambassador of elegance, the
CHRONOMETRO Collection is seductive in the grace and sobriety of its
curves.
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