$32,400
Desk Alarm Clock Cartier, No. 2180, circa 1928. Very fine and rare jade, enamel, coral and diamond desk alarm clock. Square, jade, blue enamel chapter ring composed of applied gold Roman numerals, applied triangular coral and two applied diamonds at the tip of each indexes, brass folding stand. Black lacquer with abalone shell marquetry inlay depicting a Japanese woman in a garden. Single-cut diamond-set hands, third hand for alarm indication. 53 mm., 17 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Case signed, numbered on case and movement. Dim. 95 mm, square. Notes For a very similar example see Le Temps de Cartier by Jader/Barracca p. 172
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-03-05
