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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 674

Montre de poche à voletsCartier, for the British market, hallmarked 1922.Very fine 18K gold keyless dress watch with spring-loaded sliding shutters.

C. Three-body, "Directoire", polished back with small maple leaf engraved in the center, front with aperture for two gold shutters within engraved frame of a snake eating its tail revealing the dial by pressing the crown.D. Matted silver, engine-turned, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands.M. 36.6 mm (16 1/4'''), nickel, "fausses côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, 8 adjustments.Signed on dial and case, movement engraved European Watch & Clock Co., Inc.Diam. 45 mm.