Franck Muller Mariner Chronograph 8080 CC AT - #126 – Automatic – SS

Franck Muller Mariner Chronograph 8080 CC AT - #126 – Automatic – SS

Franck Muller Mariner with reference 8080 CT AT with black oval dial and white Arabic numerals for hours. There is an inner ring for the compass. Two sub dials at 3 o’clock for the minutes and seconds at 9 o’clock. The window for the date is at 6 o’clock. It is a “Swiss Made” model. The hands are in steel with sword shape. The touch of blue on the dial is very appealing. The shape of the watch is curvex and seats very well on the wrist. The screwed rubber crown comes with the FM logo. It is a stainless steel screwed back case with engraved outside “Franck Muller – Geneve – Master of Complication –#126 – 8080 CC AT - Mariner”. The watch has an automatic movement with caliber FM7000. The watch comes with a black rubber strap with the double clasp Franck Muller.

History

The company was founded in 1991 as Tchnowatch SA and renamed Franck Muller Watchland SA in 1998. Franck Muller started his training when he was 20 years old and was considered as best in his class. He also worked for Patek Philippe restoring watches for the Patek museum. His true love was complicated watches and moved in this direction. Quickly he got international exposure through his talent and Elton John who dedicated him a song called ”Harmony”. In 2003, the company was one of the top independent watchmakers producing 49,000 luxury watches. 2004 was a chaotic year when Franck’s partner Vartan Sirmakes took control of the company. Also a changed happened with the watches. The company stopped using ETA movement and use only movements made in cooperation with Indtec SA such as the one you find in the “Aeternitas” watch with a perpetual calendar.

Technical details

Automatic movement with Franck Muller caliber FM7000 and 28,800 A/h. Power reserve is 48 hours.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 40mm


Length including lugs: 55mm