9,000 CHF
Cartier Minute Repeating Clock Cartier, France, No. 124486, the movement by European Watch & Clock Co., Inc., France. Made circa 1910. Fine and rare, minute-repeating, 8-day going keyless desk clock. Matte silver with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. Matte gilt, large going barrel, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, regulation disc in the backplate, centrifugal governor, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the button in the side of the case. Dial signed Cartier France, movement signed E.W & C. Co., France. Dim. 61 x 52 x 32 mm. Notes A very similar clock is ilustrated in Le Temps de Cartier, Barracca, Negretti, Nencini, 1989, p. 186.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-03-20
