Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Mar 10, 2011

LOT 162

Cartier Tank Française Cartier, ?Tank Française,? case No. 872879, Ref. 2564. Made circa 2002. Fine, square and curved, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Cartier deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, octagonal cabochon sapphire-set winding crown, case back with 4 screws, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloche silver with painted black radial Roman numerals, concentric minute track, aperture for the date at 6, secret Cartier signature at VII. Blued steel epée hands. M. Cal. 2000-1, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil-deperdrix decorations, 20 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 30 x 36 mm. Thickness 8 mm.