Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 10, 2015
LOT 247
CARTIER SANTOS PLATINUM Cartier, Paris, "Santos Mecanique", case No. 960540504. Made in the 1980s. Very fine and elegant, square, thin, platinum wristwatch with an 18K white gold Cartier deployant clasp.
CHF 5,500 - 7,500
HKD 44,000 - 61,000 / USD 5,700 - 7,800
Two body, solid, polished and brushed, back fixed with 4 screws on the band, cabochon ruby-set winding-crown, screwed bars, sapphire crystal. Guilloche matte silver with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel épée hands. Cal. 21, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-9 |
Good Scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |