Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2011

LOT 79

Cartier, Stainless Steel Yellow Gold ?Roadster Chronograph? Cartier, "Roadster Chronograph, Automatic," case No. 721501CE, Ref. 2618. Made in the 2000's. Fine, tonneau-shaped, curved, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, date and a "quick change" stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Cartier link bracelet with concealed double deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate, and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, polished, screwed-down winding-crown, "quick change" system for easy changing of bracelets, case back with 8 screws, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Two-tone silver with painted black radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute track, aperture for the date. Luminous black baton hands. M. Cal. 8510, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, index regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 x 47 mm. Thickness: 12.5 mm. Approx. overall length: 173 mm.