Franck Muller Endurance 24. Having sponsored one of the McLaren team’s cars in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1995 (a McLaren F1 GTR), Franck Muller released the Endurance 24 to celebrate the famed race and pay homage to the classical automotive-inspired mid-century chronograph.
A balanced blend of Franck Muller’s unique design language and its source of inspiration, the original Endurance 24 design (which the variant we have here has) uses only two registers and chronograph pump pushers, which were later changed in 1997 for a triple register, screw-down pusher design. With its orange dial using a 24-hour layout with luminescent Arabic numerals, blued steel hands, and alternating black and orange inscriptions, the Endurance 24 celebrates its own legibility, as per the practical requirements of automotive racing while still retaining Franck Muller’s recognizable aesthetic. It is a traditionally proportioned 37mm steel case with a stepped bezel, a sapphire crystal, a signed crown, and barrel pushers. Inside however, it houses a standout orange dial with luminous 'Arabic' indices, recessed subsidiary registers and a manually wound Lemania Calibre 1873 chronograph movement.
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