333,500 CHF
"Montre bracelet chronographe à double rattrapante" 18K yellow gold, gentleman's wristwatch with single button split-second chronograph and register New York, 1939 Notes Extremely fine and maybe unique single button, Split second chronograph wristwatch ever signed by Cartier. This watch combines e very elegant dial with applied Breguet numerals, an unusual feature for such an early watch, with the highly sophisticated technology of a split second chronograph. The chronograph functions are activated by means of the winding crown, the single push piece on the side of the case located above the number 2 positions being devoted to the split second.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1996-11-19