Lot 436
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
Auction: 05 December 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Automatic movement, brown dial with plain inner, white minute track, textured outer to applied rose Roman numerals, luminous rose hands, centre seconds, substantial 18k pink oval case with curved reverse secured by 4 screws, diamond-set crown, diamond-set upper shoulders and two-row diamond-set bezel, on brown strap with 18k pink gold and diamond-set buckle. With black Backes & Strauss presentation box, certificate of origin dated 14-4-2011 and letter dated 2020 confirming buckle replacement.
Width 38mm, total length 48mm, total approx. weight 120g.
Officially registered in London in 1878, Backes & Strauss specialised in diamonds, they started producing watches in 2007 by collaborating with Franck Muller to manufacture the cases. The current UK retail price for this model is £38,500.
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