30,000 CHF
CARTIER ENAMEL, SILVER, GOLD & DIAMOND DESK CLOCK Cartier, "Montre de Bureau", No. 6794/119829/4384. Made circa 1910. Very fine and rare, square silver and enamel, gold and silver-gilt, 8-day going strut desk clock with rose-cut diamond- set platinum hands. Square, the front and sides overlaid with translucent violet guilloche enamel, white champlevé enamel line borders, yellow gold bezel decorated with a repeated leaf and flower pattern on a white champlevé enamel ground, composition back secured by 8 screws, hinged silver-gilt strut. Matte silver with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, sunray engine-turned center. Platinum rose-cut diamond-set arrow hands. 19''', matte gilt, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Notes Dial signed, case numbered. DIM. 85 mm. Square.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-09
