26,400 CHF
Tank Obus - St. Christopher Cartier, Paris, "Tank Obus", No. 21407/1519. Made in 1928. Very fine and very rare, square, 18K yellow gold and champleve enamel wristwatch with special champleve enamel “St. Christopher” back and a Cartier 18K yellow gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Cartier box. Square, two-body, solid, polished, four screws on the band, ogival lugs, black champleve radial Roman numerals on the wide bezel, inner minute track, the back decorated with a dark blue champleve enamel depicting St. Christopher and the inscription “EXALTATION, 1901-1927, Paris and After”. Small, square, matte silver. Blued steel épée hands. Notes Literature: This watch is illustrated in “ Le Temps de Cartier”, Barracca, Negretti & Nencini, 1989, p. 160.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-11-14
