$10,000
CARTIER FRANCE TONNEAU CINTREE YELLOW GOLD Cartier Paris, Tonneau Cintrée, movement No. 22437, case No. 14753. Made in the 1930s, case and movement made by European Watch & Clock Co. Inc. France. Fine and very rare, tonneau-shaped, curved, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Cartier deployant clasp. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, back secured by 4 screws on the band, domed crystal, gold screwed bars. Guilloché silver with painted radial Roman numerals, concentric minute track. Blued steel cathedral hands. Cal. 9 ¾’’’, fausses-côtes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, 8 adjustments, bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial signed Cartier France, case & movement signed European Watch & Clock Co. Inc. Dim. 24 x 41 mm. Thickness 7 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-06-12