Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 10, 2010

LOT 214

Cartier Paris Lady?s Santos Dumont Cartier Paris, case No. 960550293. Made in the 1990s. Fine, rare and elegant, very thin, cushion-shaped, lady?s, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with 18K yellow gold Cartier deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case band with 4 screws, polished octagonal bezel with 8 pins, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown, sapphire crystal. D. White with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, secret Cartier signature on the VII. Blued steel epée hands. M. Cal. 21, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 28 x 28 mm. Thickness 4 mm.