Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010

LOT 306

Cartier Tank Cartier, Paris, ?Tank? movement No. 8560, case No. 960653816. Made in the 1980s. Fine, rare and elegant, thin, rectangular, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an integral 18K yellow gold Cartier tile bracelet with an 18K pink gold Cartier deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, straight lugs, rounded bezel, case back securized to the band with 4 screws, sapphire crystal. D. White with painted black radial Roman numerals, inner minute track. Blued steel baton hands. M. Cal. 21, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 24 x 30 mm. Thickness 5 mm. Approx overall length 170 mm.