Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 435

CARTIER TANK REVERSIBLE BaSCULANTE LIMITED EDITION Cartier, Paris, No. 052/150, case No. A 109275. Made in a limited series of 150 examples in 1997 for the 150th anniversary of the Cartier firm. Fine and unusual, rectangular, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with "cabriolet" system and an 18K pink gold Cartier deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve

C. Four-body, polished and brushed, bezel with a cabochon sapphire at 6, plain brushed reverse, rounded lugs, outer band with 4 screws to hold the back, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone silver with inner guilloche decoration, painted radial Roman numerals, secret Cartier signature at seven o`clock, inner minute track. Blued steel épée hands. M. Cal. 5'''1/2, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 23 x 30 mm. Thickness 5.5 mm. From The Arman Collection