Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 10, 2013

LOT 271

CARTIER TANK MECANIQUE YELLOW GOLD Cartier, Paris, Tank, case No. C33055, Ref. 16121. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, rectangular, thin, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18k yellow gold Cartier mesh link bracelet with double deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, back fixed with 4 screws on the band, cabochon sapphire-set winding-crown, screw bars, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloche off-white with painted radial Roman numerals, inner minutes track, secret Cartier signature at 7. Blued steel epée hands. M. Cal. P838, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. DIM. 24 x 30 mm. THICKNESS 5 mm. Approx. overall length 190 mm.