Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 170

Cartier - Yellow Gold - Tank Cartier, Paris, ?Tank,? case No. 780865956. Made in the 1990s. Fine and elegant, rectangular, thin, 18K yellow gold mid-sized wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Cartier deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, straight lugs, rounded bezel, cabochon sapphire-set winding-crown, case back with 4 screws in the band, screwed bars, sapphire crystal. D. White with painted black radial Roman numerals, concentric minute track. Blued épée hands. M. Cal. 2512, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 23 x 30 mm. Thickness 6 mm.