Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009

LOT 223

Tank Américaine Cartier, "Tank Américaine, Automatic", case No. 8172984, Ref. 00939. Made in the 1990s. Fine, rectangular curved, centerseconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and an 18K yellow gold Cartier deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, 4 screws on the band and 8 on the case back, sapphire-set octagonal windingcrown, sapphire crystal. D. Matte white with painted radial Roman numerals, aperture for the date, secret Cartier signature at 10, inner minute division. Blued steel épée hands. M. Cal. 200, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 20 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case, and movement signed. Dim. 23.5 x 31 mm. Thickness 9 mm.