$5,760
White Gold “Santos Dumont” Cartier, Paris, Santos-Dumont, Ref. 2651. Made circa 2000. Very fine, square, 18K white gold wristwatch with an 18K white gold Cartier deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Two body, solid, polished and brushed, back secured with 8 screws, sapphire-set winding-crown, sapphire crystal. Matte silvered with painted radial Roman numerals, concentric minute division, secret Cartier signature on the VII. Blued steel épée hands. Cal. 430MC, signed Cartier, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 45 x 44 mm. Thickness 6 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-06-11
