Ref: DPF-FMY-DMC-ST-429-001
London Gate Real Estate Development LLC
Dubai Maritime City, United Arab Emirates
Community: Dubai Maritime City
Bedrooms
0Down Payment
30%Handover Date
Q4-2027A genuine resale opportunity of exceptional brand distinction and compelling payment plan structure in one of Dubai’s most internationally recognisable and most prestigious luxury branded residence projects — a studio above the 15th floor in Franck Muller Aeternitas Yachting at Dubai Maritime City, at AED 1,300,000 (AED 3,030/sqft) with a 30/70 payment plan that requires only AED 390,000 now and defers AED 910,000 to the Q4 2028 handover. The Franck Muller brand — one of the world’s most celebrated Swiss luxury watchmaker names, associated globally with precision, artisanal excellence, and ultra-luxury lifestyle — lends this residential project a brand premium and an international recognisability that very few branded residence projects in Dubai can match. The Aeternitas Yachting collection at Dubai Maritime City marries the Franck Muller brand identity with the yachting lifestyle, the maritime waterfront, and the sea-facing premium that Dubai Maritime City’s unique port-integrated and waterfront-positioned development programme delivers. A studio above the 15th floor commands a high-floor elevation and the sea-facing and marina view potential that the Maritime City positioning provides — and at AED 3,030/sqft on a 30/70 plan with Q4 2028 handover, the capital efficiency of the deferred 70% structure makes this one of the most investor-accessible entry points into the Franck Muller Aeternitas Yachting product range. The 30/70 payment plan is the single most compelling structural advantage for investors managing capital deployment: AED 390,000 secures the position today, and the AED 910,000 balance is deployed at Q4 2028 handover — a clearly defined forward capital commitment that provides the investor with the maximum possible holding period for their initial 30% deployment and the minimum possible capital-at-risk during the construction phase. Reference TI-FAM — quote this reference for all enquiries to access the seller and full documentation directly.
The 30/70 payment plan on a Q4 2028 handover is the most investor-efficient capital deployment structure available for a branded residence acquisition in Dubai’s current off-plan secondary market. The arithmetic is straightforward and compellingly structured: AED 390,000 is paid now or during the construction period — securing the investor’s position in a Franck Muller Aeternitas Yachting studio above the 15th floor in Dubai Maritime City. AED 910,000 is not due until Q4 2028, the handover date — leaving the majority of the investment capital in the investor’s hands for the full remaining construction and completion period. For an investor deploying AED 390,000 today against a completed product value of AED 1,300,000 in Q4 2028, the capital leverage is 3.3 to 1 — for every AED 1 deployed today, AED 2.33 of future value is secured. The 70% handover structure is also the most mortgage-compatible payment programme: investors who intend to finance the handover balance have a clear and predictable mortgage trigger point in Q4 2028, when the completed product is valued and the 70% LTV basis for a mortgage is established against the then-current market valuation rather than the off-plan contracted price. For a Franck Muller branded residence in Dubai Maritime City, the gap between the contracted price and the Q4 2028 completion valuation may be material — and the investor who secures the position today at AED 3,030/sqft on a 30/70 plan captures that gap as structural appreciation relative to their deployed capital.
Franck Muller is one of the world’s most celebrated Swiss luxury watchmaker brands — a name associated globally with extraordinary craftsmanship, watchmaking excellence, and the ultra-high-net-worth lifestyle that defines the apex of the Swiss luxury goods market. The Franck Muller Aeternitas name references the brand’s most celebrated complication watch series — the Aeternitas, a grand complication that holds the record for the most complex mechanical wristwatch ever produced. The deployment of this brand identity onto a Dubai residential tower is a branding proposition that extends far beyond aesthetic vocabulary: it connects the residential project to an international luxury customer base that recognises the Franck Muller name in Tokyo, Geneva, New York, London, Hong Kong, and across the Middle East and India. For an investor in the Franck Muller Aeternitas Yachting studio, the brand association operates on two compounding investment dimensions. First, the rental premium: UHNW and HNW short-term and long-term tenants who specifically seek branded residence living — and who research the brand association of their chosen address as part of their rental selection process — will recognise the Franck Muller name and are prepared to pay a rental premium for the brand-signalling value it provides above a non-branded luxury residence at the same specification level in the same community. Second, the resale positioning: Franck Muller branded residences occupy a specific and internationally marketed niche in Dubai’s luxury residential resale market — buyers from the brand’s global customer base who are acquiring Dubai investment property will specifically identify and seek out Franck Muller branded units in the secondary market, creating demand from a buyer universe that extends far beyond the conventional Dubai-based investor profile.
A studio above the 15th floor in Franck Muller Aeternitas Yachting at Dubai Maritime City delivers the most compelling single advantage available in the studio product range: an elevated position from which the sea, the marina, the Dubai Maritime City waterfront, and the broader Dubai coastline panorama are visible and unobstructed. Dubai Maritime City’s waterfront positioning — on the sea-facing edge of a purpose-built maritime district — means that above-15th-floor units in the tower have a view axis that extends across the Arabian Gulf and the Port Rashid maritime infrastructure toward the open sea horizon. For an investor, the above-15th-floor designation is the most consistently premium-commanding product attribute in the short-term rental ecosystem: the sea view from a high floor in a Franck Muller branded tower at Dubai Maritime City is the hero image that drives booking decisions on Airbnb, Booking.com, and every luxury short-term rental platform — the photograph that an UHNW short-stay guest makes their room selection decision from. At AED 3,030/sqft — with only 30% payable now and 70% deferred to handover — a high-floor sea-facing branded studio in Franck Muller Aeternitas Yachting is among the most capital-efficient luxury branded short-term rental positions available in Dubai’s 2028-horizon investment market.
Franck Muller Aeternitas Yachting is the Dubai Maritime City expression of the Franck Muller branded residence programme — a residential tower that brings the Swiss watchmaker’s ultra-luxury brand identity to one of Dubai’s most purposefully conceived and most distinctively positioned waterfront development zones. Dubai Maritime City is the Government of Dubai’s flagship maritime and waterfront urban district — a purpose-built zone designed to position Dubai as the Middle East’s leading maritime commerce, leisure, and residential destination, with a masterplan that integrates dry dock infrastructure, marina facilities, maritime industry support, and premium residential and hospitality development in a coherent waterfront urban district. The Aeternitas Yachting collection at Dubai Maritime City is specifically conceived around the yachting lifestyle — the positioning within a maritime district whose proximity to Port Rashid, the Arabian Gulf, and Dubai Creek’s historic waterfront gives the development an authentic nautical and maritime character that no inland luxury tower can replicate. The Franck Muller brand’s own association with precision, excellence, and the high-end lifestyle of yacht ownership, motorsport, and luxury leisure makes the Yachting collection at Dubai Maritime City one of the most thematically coherent and most brand-consistent luxury branded residence propositions in Dubai’s current development cycle. A studio above the 15th floor at AED 1,300,000 on a 30/70 plan — Reference TI-FAM — is the most accessible and most capital-efficient entry into the Franck Muller Aeternitas Yachting product range at the current date.
The investment case for this Franck Muller Aeternitas Yachting studio at AED 1,300,000 on a 30/70 plan operates across four compounding propositions. First, the Swiss luxury brand premium: the Franck Muller name places this residence in the most internationally recognisable and most specifically targeted luxury branded residence niche in Dubai’s secondary market — a brand association that drives rental premiums from the brand’s global UHNW customer base and resale premiums from brand-conscious international buyers who specifically seek Franck Muller branded units in Dubai’s secondary market. Second, the 30/70 capital efficiency: deploying AED 390,000 today to secure a Q4 2028 position worth AED 1,300,000 at completion provides a 3.3 to 1 leverage on initial capital — one of the most favourable capital efficiency profiles available for a luxury branded residence in Dubai’s current off-plan secondary market. Third, the Dubai Maritime City growth trajectory: Dubai Maritime City is a government-backed masterplan development whose maritime commerce, leisure, and residential programme has been progressively building out with confirmed infrastructure investment, hotel and hospitality development, and the progressive activation of the Port Rashid waterfront that positions the district as one of Dubai’s most structurally underappreciated premium waterfront addresses — at a stage where the capital value premium relative to downtown and marina addresses does not yet fully reflect the quality of the waterfront positioning and the government commitment to the district’s development programme. Fourth, the short-term rental premium for high-floor branded studios: above-15th-floor branded studios in luxury waterfront towers are the single most liquid and most consistently occupied product in Dubai’s premium short-term rental ecosystem — compact, fully managed, high-floor, brand-associated, and sea-facing, with the daily rental rate and occupancy combination that maximises yield on a per-sqft basis relative to any other residential product type in the same building.
Franck Muller is one of the world’s most celebrated Swiss luxury watchmaker brands — associated globally with extreme horological precision, grand complication watchmaking, and the ultra-high-net-worth lifestyle of collectors, yachting enthusiasts, and luxury lifestyle connoisseurs. The Aeternitas Yachting collection in Dubai Maritime City is Franck Muller’s yachting-themed branded residence project — designed around the maritime lifestyle of the waterfront district and the brand’s own association with high-end yachting and nautical culture. For investors and residents, the brand association delivers rental and resale premiums from the brand’s global UHNW customer base that no non-branded luxury tower at the same specification level and location can match.
The 30/70 plan means 30% of the purchase price (AED 390,000) is payable now or in instalments during the construction period, and 70% (AED 910,000) is payable at Q4 2028 handover when keys and title deed are received. For an investor, this means deploying AED 390,000 today secures the full AED 1,300,000 position — a capital leverage ratio of 3.3 to 1. The remaining 70% can be funded from the investor’s own capital at handover or via a mortgage on the completed property. Full payment milestone schedule and any specific instalment breakdown within the 30% construction period are available on request — Reference TI-FAM.
Dubai Maritime City is the Government of Dubai’s purpose-built maritime urban district — positioned on the seafront adjacent to Port Rashid, incorporating maritime commerce infrastructure, marina facilities, yacht services, residential, hospitality, and retail development within a coherent waterfront masterplan. Its positioning places it within 10 to 15 minutes of Downtown Dubai, DIFC, and Dubai International Airport — one of the most centrally connected waterfront addresses in the city. The government’s commitment to the district’s development and the progressive build-out of the Port Rashid waterfront’s hospitality and lifestyle programme make Dubai Maritime City one of Dubai’s most structurally promising premium waterfront investment addresses for the 2028-2030 horizon.
Above 15th floor means the studio is elevated above the surrounding Maritime City infrastructure and lower-floor development, providing an unobstructed sightline toward the sea, the marina, and the Dubai coastline. In a maritime waterfront tower, the above-15th-floor designation consistently drives the highest nightly rates and the highest occupancy rates in the short-term rental ecosystem — the sea-facing high-floor photograph is the primary booking decision driver for UHNW short-term rental guests at the Franck Muller brand standard. Specific view confirmation and unit-level sightlines are available at private viewing — Reference TI-FAM.
Yes. Dubai Maritime City is a designated freehold area in Dubai, permitting property ownership by all nationalities worldwide. There are no nationality restrictions on purchasing in Franck Muller Aeternitas Yachting.
AED 1,300,000 plus DLD 4% (AED 52,000) plus admin (approximately AED 580) plus agency 2% plus VAT (approximately AED 27,300). Total estimated buyer all-in approximately AED 1,379,880 — approximately AED 3,217/sqft all-in. The 30% construction component (AED 390,000) is payable now; the 70% handover component (AED 910,000) is due Q4 2028. For all documentation and full payment schedule contact our team quoting Reference TI-FAM.
Contact our team immediately via phone, email, or WhatsApp and quote Reference TI-FAM. We will provide the full project brochure, unit floor plan, developer payment milestone schedule, building specification details, and all due diligence documentation. Studio — above 15th floor — 429 sq ft — AED 1,300,000 — 30/70 plan — Q4 2028 — Franck Muller Aeternitas Yachting — Dubai Maritime City — Reference TI-FAM. Act now.
This Franck Muller Aeternitas Yachting studio delivers 429 sq ft of Swiss luxury branded residential space above the 15th floor — an efficiently designed studio layout providing an open-plan living and sleeping area, a fully fitted kitchen to the Franck Muller luxury specification standard, a bathroom, and balcony access with sea and marina view potential from the elevated above-15th-floor position. The 429 sq ft format is specifically optimised for the short-term rental and investor market that Swiss luxury branded studios in premium waterfront locations attract — a compact, high-specification, high-floor product whose per-sqft rental yield is consistently the highest of any product type in luxury branded towers at this location category. Full floor plan with exact room dimensions, bathroom configuration, balcony details, and unit position within Franck Muller Aeternitas Yachting are available on request from our team. Quote Reference TI-FAM for all enquiries.
| Milestone | Payment% |
|---|---|
| Down_Payment | 30% |
| On_Handover | 70% |
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