Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 413

?Driver? Cartier, Paris ?Rectangulaire incurvée, de type Driver?, No. 048/150. Produced in a limited edition of 150 examples in 1997 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the company by Louis-François Cartier. Very fine and unusual, rectangular curved, 18K yellow gold driver?s wristwatch with round bar lugs and 18K pink gold deployant clasp opening by means of the lugs at 6 o?clock.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, ?bombé?, cylindrical lugs, back winder. D. Flinqué silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain outer reserve, secret "Cartier" signature on the X. Blued steel ?épée? hands. M. Cal. 5'''1/2 signed Jaeger LeCoultre, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 22 x 35 mm. Thickness 7.5 mm.