Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015

LOT 488

LE COULTRE RETAILED BY CARTIER REF. 7090 STEEL Le coultre, "Chronograph", case No. 750334, cartier No. 5140, Ref. 7090. Made in the 1940s. Fine, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph and register.

HKD 25,000 - 40,000

USD 3,200 - 5,200 / CHF 3,000 - 5,000

Sold: HKD 31,250

Three-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs, inclined bezel, snap-on case back. Silver with black painted Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 60 minute and 12 hours register, outer tachometer scale, concentric 1/5th second/minute track. Blued steel baton hands. Cal.285, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic compensation balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3-9*

Good

Scratched

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-10-18-01

Good

Patinated

Spotted

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial signed cartier, case and movement signed le coultre, lug signed Cartier numbers. DIAM. 34.5 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm.