Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 20

?Tank? Cartier, "Tank", No. 11386. Made in the 1960?s. Fine, rectangular and thin, 18K gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Cartier deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, gold screwed bars, cabochon sapphire-set winding-crown. D. White with painted radial Roman numerals. Blued steel "épée" hands. M. Cal. 21, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 23 x 29 mm. Thickness: 5 mm.