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Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

LOT 237

?Day and Night Mysterieuse? Cartier, No. 3724. Made circa 1910. Very fine and exceptionally rare, silver, gold, guilloché enamel, rose cut diamond-set and hardstone eight-day going desk clock with electrical illumination and the original Cartier paper-covered box.

CHF 35,000 - 45,000

EUR 23,000 - 30,000 / USD 27,000 - 35,000

Sold: CHF 34,500

C. Silver, drum-form, the band and front and back bezels decorated with deep green guilloché enamel with opaque white enamel outlining, cast and chased leaf and berry borders, chased gold bezel for the crystal and pierced and engraved gold trellis for the back, raised on a rectangular molded hardstone base with cylindrical volutes. D. Opaque glass with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Rose diamond-set platinum hands with arrow-tips. M. Within the hardstone base, rectangular, ring-turned pillars, frosted gilt, going barrel, elongated center wheel pinion geared to the hour and minute wheels located between the dial and an ?A? shaped brass frame, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, flat blued steel balance spring, index regulator. Three small electric light bulbs mounted inside the upper part of the case and powered by a cable passing through the base. Dial and case signed. Dim. 120 x 90 x 55 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-50

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

This very elegant and unusual clock acts as both a traditional clock and a night clock. The movement is mechanical and mounted in the base in the manner of a mystery clock. The extended center wheel pinion carries a horizontal toothed wheel which meshes with the hour and minute wheels mounted directly behind the dial. The space inside the upper part of the case is used by three light bulbs which illuminate the glass dial ? silhouetting the numerals and hands for use at night.