2,375 CHF
CARTIER - TORTUE Cartier, No. 11897/22016, movement by European Watch & Clock Co. Inc. Made circa 1920. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K gold period deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve Two-body, polished, concave lugs with screwed bars, back secured by four screws in the band, crown set with a cabochon sapphire. Matte silver with radial Arabic numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. 9’’’, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed Cartier, movement signed European Watch & Clock Co. Inc., case numbered. Dim. 29 x 22.5 mm. Thickness 5.5 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-11-11
