Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 315

Tortue Cartier, Paris, ?Tortue?, No. 156786. Made in the 1990s. Fine, tonneau shaped, 18K yellow gold lady?s wristwatch with a 18K yellow gold Cartier bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Cartier leather box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screws on the band to secure the case back, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown, sapphire crystal. D. Matte white with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel épée hands. M. Cal. 21, 9???, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to six positions, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 23 x 23 mm. Thickness 5.5 mm. Approx overall length 155 mm. Property of Various Owners