$7,800
Tank Americaine Cartier, Ref. 1725. Made in the 1990’s. Fine, rectangular, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and an 18K yellow gold Cartier link bracelet with double deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and instruction booklet. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 8 screws, octagonal sapphire-set winding-crown, curved crystal. Guilloche silver with painted radial Roman numerals, secret Cartier signature on the VII, aperture for the date at 6. Blued steel épée hands. Cal. 077, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 22 x 41 mm. Thickness 10 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-12-11