$42,480
Cartier Paris, "Tonneau", No. 5330. Made circa 1915. Very fine, rare, and elegant, early tonneau-shaped, curved, Art Deco, platinum, yellow gold and diamond wristwatch with a diamond-set platinum and gold clasp. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with screws on the band, bezel set with single-cut diamonds, hinged lugs set with 6 large diamonds and pavé-set diamond bars, rose-cut diamond-set winding-crown. Off-white with painted radial Roman numerals. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. Notes The first tonneau models by Cartier were made in 1906.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-12-07