40,120 HKD
“Driver” Cartier, Paris, "Rectangulaire incurvée, de type Driver", No. 050/150. Made in a limited series of 150 examples in 1997 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the company by Louis- Francois Cartier. Very fine and unusual, rectangular curved, 18K white gold driver's wristwatch with round bar lugs connected to an unusual 18K white gold deployant clasp at 6 o'clock. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, bombé, cylindrical lugs, back winder, case back engraved "L C 1847 - 1997", "bombé" sapphire crystal. Flinqué matte silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain outer reserve, secret "Cartier" signature at 10. Blued steel “Epée” hands.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-04-23
