5,625 CHF
CARTIER BAKELITE & YELLOW GOLD DESK CLOCK Cartier, No. 0108/367819. Made circa 1925. Very fine and rare, square Bakelite and yellow gold, 8-day going desk clock. Square, matte, made of one piece of Bakelite, rounded edges, yellow gold bezel and hinged rectangular handle, winding and hand-setting apertures in the back with sprung shutters. Matte silver with bold painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, sunray engine-turned center. Yellow gold pierced arrow hands. 19''', rhodium plated, fausses côtes decoration, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Notes Dial signed Cartier, movement numbered 152367, case numbered. DIM. 59 mm. Square.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-09