14,160 CHF
“Montre Autel de Sac” Cartier, Paris, “Montre Autel de Sac”, No. 9308/2196. Made circa 1928. Very fine, 18K yellow gold and champlevé enamel, keyless traveling purse watch “à cadran déployant”. Rectangular gold, polished with blue champlevé enameled Art Deco stylized tulip decoration, white enamel chapter ring with polished gold Arabic numerals, pivoting base stand. Hinged shutters on the front revealing the three-section polished radial Roman chapter ring with royal blue champlevé enamel numerals, silvered engine-turned centre with minute divisions. Blued steel “double spade” hands. 8 1/2’’’, rhodium-plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring. Dial signed, case numbered. Dim. 41 x 26 x 11 mm. Notes This small purse watch à volets was designed by Cartier, either to be used in a handbag or as a table clock, standing on the pivoting foot. A similar watch is illustrated in “Le Temps de Cartier”, by Jader Barracca, Giampiero Negretti and Franco Nencini, p. 177.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-10-14
