To celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022, Franck Muller presents three very special collections in honour of Her Majesty.Įach collection will consist of 70 timepieces bearing the serial numbers of each year of her reign, from 1952 to 2022. For this occasion and after submitting the designs to Buckingham Palace, Franck Muller is presenting an exceptional limited edition applying its fine watchmaking talents.įeaturing the colours and emblems of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II, all in its famous Vanguard case, the collection highlights inestimable values: history and incredible know-how. Seventy years of reign, the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. The year 2022 marks The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Today, in addition to its Genthod site, the company has production facilities in Lajoux, Les Bois, Plan-les-Ouates and Meyrin. Composed of 213 components and equipped with 2 barrels, this mechanical manual-winding calibre features a 7 day power reserve. In 2013, Franck Muller introduced Calibre 1700, the movement entirely made in-house. The first Roberto Cavalli by Franck Muller watch collection was launched at the Monaco WPHH 2012. In 2012, Italian high fashion house Roberto Cavalli signed a contract with the group to develop, create and distribute Swiss Made “Roberto Cavalli by Franck Muller” watches. The Franck Muller watch Totally Switzerland was sold for €44, 000. For the Only Watch Charity Auction 2011, Franck Muller donated “Totally Switzerland”, a unique timepiece based on its playful Crazy Hours complication. Introduced in 2011, the Franck Muller Giga Tourbillon stands out with the biggest tourbillon ever incorporated in a wristwatch. In 2010, the company introduced Smalto Timepieces in collaboration with Italian fashion designer Francesco Smalto. In 2008, the manufacture launched Pierre Michel Golay watch brand. As on May 2007, the group included seven luxury watch brands: Franck Muller Genève, Pierre Kunz, ECW, Rodolphe, Barthelay, Backes & Strauss and Martin Braun. In 2007, Franck Muller unveiled the Aeternitas Mega, the world’s most complicated mechanical wristwatch at the time of its launch. In the same year, the group also acquired the assets, including a retail outlet, of the Genevan luxury watch manufacturer Mahara Montres (MHR). In 2006, Franck Muller took over two Swiss watch component companies: Les Fils d’Arnold Linder SA (maker of top quality dials), and Pignons Juracie SA (producer of gear wheels and pinions). In 2004, the brand introduced the world’s first tri-axial tourbillon. In 2003, the iconic Crazy Hours watch was launched. In 1998, Franck Muller launched its own exhibition named World Presentation of Haute Horlogerie (WPHH) to showcase its products. In 1992, the brand introduced the iconic Cintrée Curvex (tonneau curved) case design. This partnership has eventually paved the way for creating of one of the most reputable watchmaking companies in the world. ![]() In 1991, Franck called on Vartan to design his new case bodies. ![]() The notable horological masterpieces created by him during the 1980s were a Tourbillon with jumping hours, a Tourbillon with Minute Repeater and an inverted Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar with Minute Repeater.Īs for Vartan Sirmakes, he made cases for several fine watchmaking brands in a workshop he had set up in a district of Geneva alongside Lake Geneva. They shared a passion for watchmaking each of them with vast complementary experience in the field.Īt the time, Franck Muller was making his own models under the “Franck Geneva” brand. It was at the end of the 80s, Franck Muller and Vartan Sirmakes met. Co-founded by master watchmaker Franck Muller and Armenian-born business man and watch case specialist Vartan Sirmakes, Franck Muller Watchland is one of the most acclaimed independent watch companies in contemporary watchmaking.Įstablished in 1991, the House of Franck Muller is known for its highly exclusive technical complications, which are proprietary innovations, produced in-house within its Manufacture in Genthod, Geneva.
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