Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Monaco, Jul 19, 2022
LOT 315
CARTIER
8-DAY GOING PRE-ART-DECO CARRIAGE-CLOCK, QUARTER-REPEATER; SILVER, ENAMEL AND AGATE
EUR 20,000 - 40,000
USD 21,100 - 42,200 / HKD 166,000 - 332,000 / CHF 20,200 - 40,300
Sold: EUR 42,900
Very fine and very rare, silver, enamel and agate, 8-day going, key-winding, vertical rectangular-shaped, pre-Art Deco carriage-clock, with quarter-repeater by two hammers on two steel gongs (activated by depressing the cabochon sapphire push-piece on the top).
Silver cabinet with Vieux-gris (grey-green) flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) décor; the side panels each with a rose-cut diamond in their centres; the top panel decorated en suite; the glass bezel in gold and white enamel; the base in agate.
White enamel dial with suspended Breguet numerals; rose-cut diamond-set “Fantasy Arrow” silver hands.
Movement, rectangular, gilded-brass, two going barrels, platform with lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial.
Silver cabinet with Vieux-gris (grey-green) flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) décor; the side panels each with a rose-cut diamond in their centres; the top panel decorated en suite; the glass bezel in gold and white enamel; the base in agate.
White enamel dial with suspended Breguet numerals; rose-cut diamond-set “Fantasy Arrow” silver hands.
Movement, rectangular, gilded-brass, two going barrels, platform with lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 4* |
Fair Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Cartier, Paris
Year circa 1910
Movement No. 18 790
Material silver, enamel and agate
Height 104 mm.
Width 72 mm.
Thickness 62 mm.