27,600 CHF
Cartier, Paris - Londres, circa 1910. Fine silver and enamel, black morocco covered, removable dashboard eight-day going timepiece with barometer and ivory St. Christopher. Rectangular with canted corners, morocco covered side and back panels, the face of blue flinqué enamel within a silver frame chased with leaf decoration. The ivory carved figure of St. Christopher, within a white champlevé enamel frame with the inscription: “Spero - St. Christophe te protège”, is flanked by the watch and the barometer within matching frames. White enamel with Arabic numerals and outer minute ring. Gold pierced “arrow” hands. White enamel subsidiary barometer dial with goldarrow hand. 19’’’, gilt brass three-quarter plate, 13 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring.Signed on the dials.Dim. 200 x 90 x 23 mm. Notes The back of the timepiece is fitted with a brass folding strut, enabling it to be used as a desk clock, when it is removed from the dashboard of a car.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-04-02
