Sold for:
59,800 CHF
59,800 CHF
Cartier, Paris, No. 5958-9637, made in the 1910's. Very elegant 18 ct. gold and enamel, very slim, keyless, minute repeating, "Taxi" type, digital jumping hour dress watch. Three piece, "bassine pincée", polished, the back with a white champleve enamelled Arabic monogram. Silver engine-turned, with jumping hour aperture and Arabic minute ring on the border on he bezel. Blued steel single arrow hand. Notes "Taxi" is the terra used in the manufacturing records to describe this type of watch.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1992-11-19
