Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 368

Cartier ? Steel and Gold Santos 100 Chronograph Cartier, "Santos 100, Chronograph, Automatic", case No. 842144CE, Ref. 2740. Made circa 2008. Fine, square and curved, large, self-winding, water resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Cartier double deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box, blank warranty, instruction booklet and push pin.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, bezel and case back with 8 screws, winding crown set with a faceted sapphire, sapphire crystal. D. Silver with painted large radial Roman numerals, secret Cartier signature at the VII, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour registers, outer minute track, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous blued steel épée hands. M. Cal. 8630, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 55 x 41 mm. Thickness 14.5 mm. Property of a German Collector