40,000 HKD
CARTIER – “PASHA” SULTAN QABOOS BIN SA'ID OF OMAN Cartier, “Pasha“, case No. M102430. Made circa in 1990, on special order for the Sultan Qaboos Bin Sa'id. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and an 18K yellow gold Cartier buckle. Accompanied by the original box. Three-body, polished, Vendome type lugs, concave bezel, case back with 8 screws, winding-crown sapphire set protection cap, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. Matte silver with Arabic numerals, yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds track, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Blued steel luminous lozenge hands. Cal. 2824-2, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness. 10 mm. Notes Qaboos bin Sa‘id Al Sa‘id (born November 18, 1940) is the Sultan of Oman. The only son of Sultan Sa‘id bin Taymur, he rose to power in 1970. He received his primary and secondary education in Salalah and Pune, India, and attended a private educational establishment in England from the age of sixteen. At 20 he entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. After graduating from Sandhurst, he joined a British Infantry regiment, The Cameronians, and served in the 1st Battalion in Germany for one year. He also held a staff appointment with the British Army. For six yea
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-10-23
