Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 11, 2009

LOT 51

Platinum Santos Dumont - Mécanique Cartier, Paris, Santos Mecanique, case No. C21610, Ref. 1575. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and elegant, square, thin, platinum wristwatch with an 18K white gold Cartier deployant clasp.

C. Two body, solid, polished and brushed, back fixed with 4 screws on the band, cabochon sapphire-set winding-crown, screwed bars, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloche white with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, secret Cartier signature at 7. 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.