Cartier, Paris, No. 29872-32773, entered in the registers on 19 February 1937, retailed by Hermes. Very fine and elegant extra slim, 18ct. keyless dress watch "forme nouvelle", drawing No. 1647. | Important Watches, Wristwatches and Clocks | Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, 10th April 1994

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LOT 166

Cartier, Paris, No. 29872-32773, entered in the registers on 19 February 1937, retailed by Hermes. Very fine and elegant extra slim, 18ct. keyless dress watch "forme nouvelle", drawing No. 1647.

CHF 6,000 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 6,900

C.Two piece, massive, "knife edge", polished. D. Silver two tone with Roman numerals and dot indexes. Gold 'Orientales" Cartier hands. M. 17-, rhodium plated, caliber 145, signed European Watch and Clock Co., "fausses côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to temperatures and in two positions, flat balance spring. Signed on the dial and movement. In very good condition, in a red leather Cartier box. Diam. 48 mm.

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Presented to the public in 1903 by Le Coultre as the thinnest watch movement in the world. At 1,38 mm., the caliber 145 remains unique to this day. It is illustrated by Manfred Fritz in Reverso, la légende vivante, published by Jaeger Le Coultre, Brassus Editions 1992, pp. 144-145, as a highlight in the history of the firm's production.