Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 14, 1990
LOT 133
Cartier, France, "Baguette pincée" No. 23969-23919, delivered 7/3/1930. Fine 18 ct. gold and tortoiseshell keyless clip watch.
CHF 10,000 - 12,000
Sold: CHF 16,100
The watch is set in a tortoiseshell frame mounted on a gold clip. Mat silver dial with Arabic numerals. Blued steel "pear" hands. Jaeger rectangular rhodium plated 10x4.5"' movement, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, three adjustments, Breguet balance spring. Signed "Cartier" on the dial, "Jaeger" on the movement. Dim. 34x27 mm.
Notes
A very similar watch is illustrated in "Le temps de Cartier",
page 233.