Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2011
LOT 386
Cartier Center-Seconds Dress Watch for a Viscount Cartier, No. 21806, the movement by European Watch & Clock Co., Inc. Made circa 1922. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold and enamel keyless dress watch with indirect center seconds.
HKD 40,000 - 57,000
USD 5,000 - 7,300 / EUR 3,500 - 5,200
C. Three-body, ?demi-bassine?, polished, the back cover with Royal blue champlevé enamel monogram of interlaced C?s beneath a Viscount?s coronet. D. Matte silver with radial engine-turning, painted Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 16 ½ ???, by European Watch & Clock Co., Inc., rhodiumplated, fausses cotes decoration, 20 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with eight adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed Cartier, movement signed European Watch & Clock Co., Inc. Diam. 51 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-19 |
Good Dent(s) |