5,625 CHF
CARTIER BLACK ONYX & SAPPHIRE DESK CLOCK Cartier, Paris, No. 102889. Made circa 1919. Fine and rare, square black onyx, gold, sapphire and gilt-brass, 8-day going strut desk clock. Square, black onyx with inset corners and beveled edges, a cabochon sapphire set in gold at each corner, polished yellow gold bezel decorated with two concentric champlevé white enamel lines, gilt-brass clock case with hinged strut. Matte silver with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, sunray engine-turned center. Blued steel spade hands. 19''', matte gilt, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Notes Dial signed, case numbered. DIM. 76 mm. Square.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-09
