Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces.

Geneva, Nov 13, 2010

LOT 380

Cartier Platinum Tank Cartier, "Tank", No. 56223, the movement by Cartier Inc. Made in the 1960s. Fine, rectangular, platinum wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold and platinum deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, four screws on the band, lugs with scewed bars, cabochon sapphire-set beaded winding-crown. D. White painted with painted black radial Roman numerals, inner minute track. Blued steel epee hands. M. Cal. 9 ½''', signed Cartier Inc., rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 2 positions, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed Cartier, movement signed Cartier Inc., case numbered. Dim. 23 x 31 mm. Thickness 6.5 mm.