44,840 CHF
“Round Platinum and Diamonds” Cartier, Paris, No. 10165/ 3466. Made circa 1910. Very fine and very rare, elegant, platinum and diamond-set lady’s wristwatch with integral platinum and diamond-set bracelet. Two-body, circular, the back secured by three screws in the band, the bezel set with a line of rose-cut diamonds, the mesh bracelet with diamond-set border of 145 round diamonds, diamond- set winding crown. Matte silvered, flinqué, with Paris numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel “Breguet” hands. 10’’’, maillechort, “fausses cotes” decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 25 mm. Thickness 6 mm. Overall length approx. 18 cm. From “The Collection” Notes A similar watch with identical bracelet is illustrated in “Le Temps de Cartier”, Barracca, Negretti & Nencini, 1989, p. 64.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-05-13
