Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 11, 2012

LOT 536

CARTIER 100 FRANCS GOLD COIN WATCH Cartier, No. 16355/355, the movement made by European Watch & Clock Co. Inc. Made circa 1930. Very fine and extremely rare, French 100 Francs gold coin of 1908, fitted with a concealed watch.

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

USD 7,500 - 9,500 / EUR 6,000 - 7,500

C. Four-body, 100 Franc coin, Republique Française on one side, the reverse with Liberté, Egalite, Fraternité, the inscription repeated around the edge, hinged cover with catch set with a rectangular cabochon black onyx, hinged inner case with polished bezel, back secured with screws in the band, on an engine-turned surround. D. Matte silver with radial black Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 9???, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, fl at blued steel balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed Cartier, movement signed European Watch & Clock Co., Inc., case numbered. Diam. 36 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

A fi ne example of a Cartier coin watch unusually made from a 100 Francs gold coin. Other Cartier coin watches are illustrated in : Le Temps de Cartier, Barracca, Negretti & Nencini, 1989, p. 144-5.