Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 282

?Tortue? Cartier, Paris, ?Tortue?, No. 13543. Made in the 1990s. Fine, tonneau-shaped, 18K yellow gold lady?s wristwatch with Cartier strap and buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screws on the band to secure the case back, cabochon sapphire-set windingcrown, sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with painted radial Roman numerals, secret Cartier signature at 7, outer minute track. Blued steel "epée" hands. M. Cal. 21, 9???, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to six positions, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 26.5 x 34 mm. Thickness 5.5 mm.