Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 23, 2012

LOT 178

CARTIER SANTOS DUMONT YELLOW GOLD Cartier Paris, "Collection Privée - Santos - Mecanique", case No. 0004MG, Ref. 1576 B. Made in the 1990s. Fine and elegant, thin and square, mid-sized, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with 18K yellow gold Cartier deployant clasp.

C.Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case band with 4 screws, polished bezel with pins, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown. D. ?Guilloché? silver with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel "épée" hands. M. Cal. 21, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 27 x 27 mm. Thickness 6,5 mm. Property of a European Collector.