Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 564

Minute Repeating Miniature Carriage Clock Cartier, Paris, No. 257121, the movement Swiss. Made circa 1910. Fine and rare,miniature,minute-repeating, gilt brass, "Pendulette de voyage a repetition minutes", 8-day going carriage clock.

C. Gilt brass, ?anglaise riche?, dentilled cornices, fluted Corinthian pillars, frosted brass panels on three sides, winding concealed in the base with sliding cover, hinged fluted handle. D.White enamel with radial black Roman numerals, outer gilt dot minute divisions. Blued steel pear and lozenge hands. M. 19???, frosted gilt watch movement, five-wheel train, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator geared from the base, repeating on gongs activated by depressing a button on the top of the case. Dial and case signed for Cartier, Paris. Dim. 76 x 58 x 45 mm.