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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 228

Cartier, London, "Parallélogramme", No HLSD 2036. Bearing London import marks for 1973. Very fine and unusual, parallelogram-shaped, asymmetric, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with 18K white and yellow gold Cartier deployant clasp.

CHF 20,000 - 30,000

EUR 12,000 - 20,000 / USD 16,000 - 25,000

Sold: CHF 49,560

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, case band with screws, bombé crystal. D. Rhomboidshaped, white with painted red Arabic numerals and indexes. Blued steel "Baton" hands. M. Cal 160, signed Cartier, oval, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, and self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial and movement signed Cartier, case hallmarked and numbered. Dim. 29,5 x 42 mm. Thickness 7,5 mm. From ?The Collection?


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Grading System
Grade:
Case: 3

Good

Movement: 2

Very good

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

A similar watch is illustrated in ?White Cartier?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 2006, page 349.