Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009
LOT 289
Cartier, No. 96851. Made circa 1913. Very fine and rare, opalescent enamel and diamond-set, gold, platinum, silver and silver-gilt, 8-day going strut clock. To be sold without reserve
HKD 20,000 - 28,000
USD 3,000 - 4,000 / EUR 2,000 - 2,800
Sold: HKD 84,000
C. Three-body, circular, the front and side overlaid with pink opalescent enamel over a guilloche engine-turned ground, white enamel line borders, gold bezel with white enamel ?pearls?, drum case housing the movement, hinged silver gilt strut. D. White enamel, convex, bold dauphine numerals, outer minute track with Arabic fifteen-minute numerals. Rose-cut diamondset platinum hands. M. 19???, matte, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed, case numbered. Diam. 78 mm
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-26 |
Good Upgraded |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |