$48,000
Diabolo Tourbillon Cartier “Diabolo Tourbillon”, No. 102, case No. 2050, Ref. T 1043. Made in the 1990’s. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with tourbillon regulator, power reserve and 18K yellow gold Cartier buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box. Two body, solid, polished, transparent back with 8 screws, sapphire set winding crown and lug screws, straight lugs, rounded bezel, sapphire crystals. Guilloché silver with painted radial Roman numerals, 64 hour power reserve scale, secret Cartier signature on the 10, aperture for the visible tourbillon. Blued steel Breguet hands. Cal. 102, gilt brass, fully engraved, 39 jewels, lateral lever escapements, monometallic balance, self-compensating balance springs, 22K gold rotor, one minute tourbillon regulator with polished steel carriage. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes What is a Tourbillon ? ATourbillon is a regulating mechanism in which the escapement of a movement is housed within a revolving carriage. It was developed in an effort to attain better precision. When a watch is in a vertical position, the force of gravity will speed the balance wheel as it moves in its downward (arc) direction and slow it as it moves upward, creating deviational errors of timekeeping. By placing the balance and escapement in a carriage that revolves 360° per minute, these errors become averaged and the timekeeping becomes constant and consequently adjustable. Created by Abraha
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-06-18
