Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
New York, Dec 05, 2007
LOT 218
Yellow Gold Chronograph Cartier, ?Chronograph?, case No. 578271, Ref. No 8378. Made in the 1950s. Very fine and rare 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer.
USD 10,000 - 12,000
EUR 7,000 - 8,000
Sold: USD 21,240
C. Two-body, solid, polished, concave and curved lugs, rounded bezel, snap-on back engraved with ?E.T.M.°L?. D. Matte silver, yellow baton and Arabic indexes, outer minutes and 1/5th seconds track with Arabic 5-minute/seconds numerals, internal blue spiral tachometer scale, subsidiary dial for the 30 minute register. Yellow gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 285, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, bi-metallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Dial and case signed Cartier, movement signed Jaeger-LeCoultre. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Property of Various Owners
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |