Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 18

Vendome Cartier, Paris, case No. 781011348. Made in the 1990s. Fine, tonneau-shaped, curved, 18K yellow gold midsize wristwatch with a Cartier buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, case back with 4 screws, hooded lugs, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown, domed sapphire crystal. D. White with painted radial Roman numerals, inner minute track, secret signature at VII. Blued steel épée hands. M. Cal. 7???, 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. 26 x 32 mm. Thickness 7 mm.