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New York, Oct 17, 2008

LOT 347

Cartier, Paris, Santos-Dumont, No. 17923, Ref. 1732. Very fine and rare, square, extra-flat, platinum wristwatch with an 18K white gold Cartier deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and booklet.

C. Two body, solid, polished and brushed, polished bezel fixed with 8 pins, back fixed with four screws on case band, sapphire-set winding-crown, flat sapphire crystal. D. Guilloché silver with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, secret Cartier signature on the VII. Blued steel épée hands. M. Cal. 21, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 27 x 36 mm. Thickness 4.5 mm.