Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Monaco, Jul 21, 2021

LOT 170

Cartier
Pre-Art Deco 8-day going desk-clock; 18K yellow gold, gilded silver, gilded metal, enamel, glass and diamonds

EUR 8,000 - 14,000

USD 9,500 - 16,700 / HKD 74,000 - 130,000

18K yellow gold, gilded silver, gilded metal, enamel, rhomboid square-shaped glass and diamond-set, 8-day going, keyless-winding, square-shaped, pre- Art Deco desk-clock.

Silvered metal dial with radial Roman numerals; hands set with rose-cut diamonds.

18K yellow gold stand with the “E B” master-mark (the letters surrounding a recingle, a goldsmith’s tool), for Eugène Bako (master goldsmith received on March 21 1908; October 19, 1923).


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-7-8-13-25

Good

Oxidized

Slightly scratched

Slightly damaged

Chipped
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Brand Cartier, Paris

Year circa 1915

Movement No. 69 405

Case No. 2 900 / 405

Caliber 19’’’, plate, lever escapement

Dimensions 86.8 x 85 mm

Signature case and dial

Accessories original fitted box

Notes

The “Pre-Art Deco”-style and “Art Deco”-style by Cartier
For more information on these marvellous periods of creation by the “Joaillier des rois et roi des joailliers”, please refer to the memorable thematic auction organised by our house and to the following book, which is today an undisputed authority:
· The Magical Art of Cartier, An Important Collection of Horology, Jewelry and Objects of Vertu, catalogue auction, Geneva, Antiquorum, 1996, pp. 58-59 and 88-89.
· Bachet, Olivier, & Cartier, Alain, Cartier, Objets d’Exceptions - Exceptional Objects, Paris & Hong Kong, Editions Palais Royal, 2020, 2 vol.

Biography

Bako, Eugène
Parisian goldsmith active between 1908 and 1923.