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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 646

Tank Obus ?St. Christopher? Cartier, Paris, "Tank Obus", No. 21407/1519. Made in 1928. Very fine and very rare, square, 18K yellow gold and champleve enamel wristwatch with special champleve enamel ?St. Christopher? back and a Cartier 18K yellow gold deployant clasp.

C. Square, two-body, solid, polished, four screws on the band, ogival lugs, black champleve radial Roman numerals on the wide bezel, inner minute track, the back decorated with a dark blue champleve enamel St. Christopher and the inscription ?EXALTATION, 1901-1927, Paris and After?. D. Small, square, matte silver. Blued steel épée hands. M. Cal. 10''', signed European Watch and Clock Co. Inc., rhodiumplated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to 8 positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed European Watch & Clock Co., Inc., case with Cartier numbers. Dim. 26 x 26 mm. Thickness 6 mm.