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Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

LOT 502

Art Deco Diamonds & Onyx "Nain Jaune" Cartier, case No. 6628/9348. Made circa 1915. Very fine and very rare, "Art Deco", square, platinum, 18K yellow gold, black onyx and rose-cut diamond-set lady's wristwatch with a matching platinum and yellow gold buckle set with black onyx and rose-cut diamonds.

CHF 50,000 - 60,000

EUR 30,000 - 37,000 / USD 42,000 - 50,000

Sold: CHF 88,500

C. Two-body, square, solid, polished, the bezel and outer border set with large rose-cut diamonds, surrounding a black onyx triangle in each corner, wire lugs, rose-cut diamond-set winding-crown. D. Matte silver with painted Arabic numerals, inner minute track. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 9???, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes " decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed, case numbered. Dim. 23 x 23 mm. Thickness 5 mm. From ?The Collection?


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

This watch model is called "Nain Jaune" in Cartier's archives. The design was created in 1912 and was still being made in the 1920s due to its classic Art Deco style. Similar watches are illustrated in ?Cartier, le joailler du platine?, by Franco Cologni and Eric Nussbaum, p. 115,?White Cartier? by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiauorum Editions, 2006, p. 66, and "Le Temps de Cartier", Barracca, Negretti & Nencini, 1989, p.70.