Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 25, 2012

LOT 181

BUECHE-GIROD REF. 9986 YELLOW GOLD RETAILED BY CARTIER Bueche-Girod, Swiss, case No. 69991, Ref. YG9986. Made in the 1970s. Fine, thin, oval, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, hooded Vendome-type lugs, snap-on case back. D. Matte silver with painted radial Roman numerals. Blued steel epée hands. M. Cal. 65, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, fl at balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed Cartier, movement signed Bueche-Girod. Dim 28 x 32 mm. Thickness 5 mm.