17,500 CHF
CARTIER - NEPHRITE & GOLD DESK CLOCK Cartier, No. 885/577. Made circa 1920. Very fine and rare, nephrite, yellow gold and enamel 8-day going desk clock. Circular, nephrite, inclined edges, yellow gold bezel decorated with white enamel and stylized leaf pattern, Bakelite- type back and hinged gilt-brass strut. Matte silver with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, sun-ray guilloche center. Yellow gold pierced graduated circle hands with arrowhead tips. 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, case numbered inside the back and on the strut, movement numbered 154450. DIAM. 78 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-09
