Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 471

Yellow Gold Roadster Bracelet Chronograph Cartier, ?Roadster Chronograph, Automatic,? case No. 83497 CE, Ref. 2619. Made circa 2006. Fine, large, heavy, tonneau-shaped, curved, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer and date on an 18k yellow gold Cartier bracelet with concealed double deployant locking clasp. Accompanied by Cartier presentation case and instructions.

C. Three-body, polished, case back secured by 8 screws, screwdown winding-crown, "quick change" system for easy changing of bracelets, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Two-tone silvered with black radial Roman numerals, secret signature within VII numeral, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the date. Luminous blackened baton hands. M. Cal. 8510, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 x 47 mm. Thickness: 13 mm.