20,400 CHF
Tank Basculante Cartier, case No. 46249. Made in the 1950's. Very fine and very rare, unusual, rectangular, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with "cabriolet" system and an 18K yellow gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Cartier fitted box. Four-body, polished and brushed, flat bezel, lapidated lugs with screwed bars, inner band with 4 screws. Off-white painted with painted radial Roman numerals, inner minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. 6’’’, tonneau-shaped, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance, self compensating blued steel flat balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator. Dial and movement signed Cartier, case signed European Watch & Clock Co., deployant clasp with Edmund Jaeger master hallmark. Dim. 21 x 28 mm. Thickness 7 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-11-14
