{"product_id":"franck-muller-cintree-curvex-crazy-hours-color-dreams-as10078","title":"Franck Muller Cintree Curvex 'Crazy Hours' Color Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFranck Muller is a brand that doesn't get a lot of attention in today's steel sport watch-centric consumer mindset.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAnd we think that's a damn shame.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMuller the man and Muller the brand have brought a lot to the world of modern horology, and his colorful, mid-1990s\/early-2000s tonneau-shaped dress watch collection perfectly exhibits a design language that walks a fine line between classical and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewhimsical.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis particular piece, a Reference 5850, sure lives up to that reputation... and some.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDating to circa the 2000s, it features a rose gold \u003cem\u003eTonneau\u003c\/em\u003e case with a curved sapphire crystal, a signed crown, and an absolutely wild, diamond studded dial, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003emulti-colored stylized-Arabic indices, a diamond-set bezel, and a luminous 'feuille' handset. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy have the numerals seemingly been applied by an infant you ask? Well, inside this piece you find Franck Muller's modified Calibre FM2800 automatic winding movement — where time telling is... different.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe hour and minute hands do exactly what you would expect from any \u003cem\u003enormal\u003c\/em\u003e timepiece, just out of order. While the hour hand remains on the current hour, the minute hand completes it's 60-minute trip around the dial, changing over at 12:00... er.. 8:00? The hour hand jumps around the dial to corrrespond to the correct hour, hence the 'Crazy Hour' name. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDespite their under-the-radar profile, Franck Muller timepieces are still some of the best in the world of dressy complications, and this wildly fun piece is no exception.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eThis piece combines two of our favorite FM quirks: the crazy-hour complication, with the color dreams dial. The ultimate Franck Muller?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eYou decide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Franck Muller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40226427961431,"sku":"40992157","price":21950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/files\/AS10078_40992157_FRANCKMULLER_CINTREECURVEXCRAZYHOURSCOLORDREAMS_5850-6.jpg?v=1730489690","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/franck-muller-cintree-curvex-crazy-hours-color-dreams-as10078","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}