Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 395

Belle Epoque Dress Watch Signed Cartier, Paris, Londres, No. 2957. Made circa 1910. Very fine and elegant, thin, Belle Epoque, 18K yellow gold and enamel keyless dress watch. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, ?couteau,? back cover decorated with gold and translucent guilloche enamel, central set diamond surrounded by chased gold foliate rosette, outer border white enamel inlay, bezel with white and blue enamel line border, matching bow decoration. D. Champagne sunburst engine-turned with painted Arabic numerals, guilloche subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 37 mm, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed, numbered on the case. Diam. 49 mm. Thickness 7 mm.