Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
CARTIER TONNEAU LADY'S WRISTWATCH YELLOW GOLD Cartier Paris, No. 12957/18210, the movement by European Watch & Clock Co. Inc. Made in the 1920s. Fine, tonneau shaped, 18K yellow gold lady's wristwatch with yellow metal clasp.
Two-body, polished and brushed, double central lugs, sapphire set winding-crown, back secured by four screws in the band. Matte silver with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. 10 "` signed E.W. & C. Co. Inc., rhodium plated, fausses côtes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to 8 positions, blued steel Breguet balance- spring, index regulator.