Sold for:
20,700 CHF
20,700 CHF
Cartier, Paris, No. 13175-11040, made in the 1920's. Fine 18 ct. gold, "taxi" type, keyless "couteau" dress watch with jumping digital hours. Three piece, knife edge, polished. Silver engineturned, with jumping hour aperture and Arabic minute ring on the border on he bezel. Blued steel single arrow hand. Notes A similar watch in platinum is described and illustrated in J. Barraca, G. Negretti and F. Nencini Le Temps de Cartier, page 58. "Taxi" is the term used in the manufacturing records to describe this type of watch anci "couteau" is the terni used in the manufacturing records to describe this type of case with knife edge.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1992-11-19
