$12,600
Sammy Davis' Pasha Cartier, "Pasha Quartz - Two Time Zone," case No. 30002, Ref. 0321. Made in 1987. Fine and rare, two time zone, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold quartz wristwatch with moon phases, day and date, on an 18K yellow gold Cartier brick-link bracelet with double folding clasp. Presented to Sammy Davis Jr by Frank Sinatra. Accompanied by a 1990 People magazine celebrating the life of Sammy Davis and featuring him on the cover wearing the watch, and a scrap book of Sammy Davis related news clippings from 1970 to 1973. Three-body, solid, polished, case back with dedication inscription secured by 8 screws, unidirectional revolving graduated bezel, 2 screwed-down cabochon sapphireset winding crown caps with security link, pusher for time zone adjustments between 4 and 5, Vendome-type lugs, sapphire crystal. Matte silver with applied luminous round indexes, subsidiary dials for the second 24-hour time zone at 6, the date at 3 and the days of the week at 9, aperture for the moon phases at 12. Luminous blued steel lozenge hands. Notes The name "Rat Pack" was first used to refer to a group of popular entertainers in Hollywood that originally were informally organized around Humphrey Bogart (including the young Frank Sinatra). In the mid-1960s it was the name used by the press and the general public to refer to a group featuring Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop, who appeared together on stage and in films in the early 1 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-06-11
