Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jun 28, 2014
CARTIER TORTUE PERPETUAL CALENDAR ROSE GOLD Cartier, Paris, "Tortue - Quantième, Perpétuelle, Collection", No. 94. case. No. 3465A 13. Sold in Oct. 31, 2012. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K rose gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, retrograde day of the week and an 18K rose gold Cartier deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitte box two certificate of origin, serviced paper and booklet.
Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 8 screws, octagonal sapphire-set winding-crown, sapphire crystals. Silver hollow dial with applied black painted radial Roman numerals, day/month and leap year on the Guilloché silver dial. Secret Cartier signature at 7, subsidiary dials for the day, date, month and the leap year. Blued steel Breguet hands. Cal. 9422 MC, rhodium-plated, engraved with special Cartier decoration, 33 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, rotor with Cartier signature.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |