$48,300
"Tortue - Quantième Perpetuelle" Cartier Paris, "Tortue - Quantième Perpétuelle Collection Privée", No. 030, case No. 2721. Made circa 2004. Very fine, tortue-shaped, two time-zone, selfwinding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and a platinum Cartier deployant clasp. Accompanied by a box and certificate. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 8 screws, sapphire-set winding-crown, sapphire crystals. "Guilloché" silver with painted radial Roman numerals, secret Cartier signature, subsidiary dials for the second timezone in 24 hours at 6, the day, date, month and leap year. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. Cal. 9421 MC, rhodium-plated, engraved with special Cartier and "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 18K gold rotor with Cartier signature. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 34 X 43 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-12-07
