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Timekeepers Club / December 19, 2023

Franck Muller Vanguard™ Slim Skeleton

Franck Muller challenges the boundaries of fine watchmaking even further with the unveiling of the Vanguard™ Slim Skeleton. This collection combines a slim movement, entirely manufactured in-house, with the iconic Vanguard case and numerals.

The Vanguard™ Slim Skeleton asserts its personality and remarkably balanced proportions through its graceful slimmer case (9,1 millimetres). The master watchmakers have once again achieved a work of art by curtailing the case thickness to a minimum while conserving its character, accuracy and technical features.

Furthermore, the watchmakers have also rethought a unique skeleton movement, manufactured in-house, and dedicated to the Vanguard™ Slim Skeleton collection. The slim movement benefits from an automatic winding and 38 hours of power reserve.

The skeleton movement, in which all the components are manufactured and hand-polished in-house, offers the possibility of highlighting the internal architecture of the timepiece and the know-how of the master watchmakers.

Franck Muller's distinctive numerals are almost levitating above this skeleton movement, allowing a stunning transparency. Delicate to manufacture, the dials are carefully crafted in-house at the Franck Muller's Dial Manufacture in Les Bois, Jura. The numerals on the openworked skeleton dial require meticulous attention to details, which is a challenge to our dial makers and diamond setting experts.

The Vanguard™ Slim Skeleton is available in a 41 millimetres or 37 millimetres case size, in rose gold, white gold, stainless steel and titanium. Its curved case and numerals can be hand-set with white or black round brilliant diamonds.

This collection reflects the craftsmanship that Franck Muller has been perpetuating for years thanks to the exquisite design of the skeleton movement and the design of the case of the Vanguard™ Slim Skeleton.

Technical specifications


Franck Muller Vanguard™ Slim Skeleton

References

  • V 41 S AT SQT (BU) (steel)
  • V 41 S AT SQT (NR) (rose gold)
  • V 41 S AT SQT (NR) (steel)
  • V 41 S AT SQT D (BU) (steel + diamonds)
  • V 41 S AT SQT D (NR) - 5N (rose + diamonds)
  • V 41 S AT SQT D (NR) - AC-OG (steel + diamonds)
  • V 41 S AT SQT D NBR CD (BU) - AC-OG (steel + diamonds)
  • V 41 S AT SQT D NBR CD (NR) - 5N (rose gold + diamonds)
  • V 41 S AT SQT D NBR CD (NR) (steel + diamonds)
  • V 41 S AT SQT NR BR (NR) - TT (brushed titanium)
  • V 41 S AT SQT NR D (NR) (steel + black diamonds)
  • V 41 S AT SQT NR D NBR CD (NR) (steel + black diamonds)

Case

  • Material: Stainless steel, rose gold and titanium
  • Dimensions: Width: 41 mm x Length: 49.95 mm
  • Thickness: 9.10 mm
  • Vanguard case
  • Glass: Sapphire crystal
  • Water resistant up to 30 meters

Dial and hands

  • Skeletonized

Movement

  • MVT FM 708-SQ
  • Automatic movement
  • Number of parts: 136
  • Number of jewels: 26
  • Length: 38,3 mm. Width: 33,75 mm. Thickness: 3,83 mm
  • Balance wheel frequency set to 21'600 vph (3 Hz)
  • Skeleton movement
  • Power reserve of 38 hours

Movement decoration

  • Mirror polishing on the regulator assembly
  • Chamfering on the mainplate, bridges and regulator assembly
  • Drawing on the mainplate and bridge flanks
  • Diamond polishing on the sinks
  • Circular satin brushing on the wheels, drums and barrel covers
  • Satin brushing on the mainplate and bridges

Functions/Indications

  • Hours, Minutes

Strap and buckle

  • Stainless steel/rose gold/titanium buckle/ hand set with diamonds
  • Hand polished
  • Rhodium plating

MSRP: Prices upon request

For more information, please visit franckmuller.com

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