Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 175

Cartier - Yellow Gold - Bamboo Cartier, Paris "Bamboo," case No. 781100091. Made in the 1970s. Fine and elegant, rectangular, 18K yellow gold lady?s wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Cartier deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 4 screws, cabochon sapphire-set winding-crown. D. White with painted radial Roman numerals, concentric minute track. Blued steel epée hands. M. Cal. 2512-1, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 21 x 27 mm. Thickness 7 mm.