$11,500
Cartier Paris, No. 31/99, Ref. 2487, "Macau - 1999", sold on November 25, 1999.Very fine and rare, tonneau shaped, two time-zone, platinum gentleman's quartz wristwatch with leather strap and 18K yellow white gold Cartier deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box and certificate. two body, solid, polished and brushed, back with screws, white gold screwed bars, two sapphire-set winding-crown. two "guilloché" matte silver dials with painted radial Roman numerals, the "9" on both dials in applied white gold, signed "Cartier" on the bar of the X on the upper dial. two movements with quartz standardization.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 26 x 41 mm. Notes MacauMacau, territory of the South Coast of China, 16 Km2 (six square miles), an approximate population of 430,000, was Portuguese since 1557. Macau was returned to China at midnight on December 20, 1999, after 442 years.Cartier has created this limited series of 99 pieces to celebrate this hand-over of Macau to China.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-03-16
