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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 284

Cartier Paris, "Collection Privée - Tourbillon - Single Grid-Shaped Bridge -" No. 13/25, Ref. 2578. Manufactured in a limited series of 25 examples only in 2003, sold on November 25, 2003. Extremely fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator, 45-hour autonomy with an 18K pink gold Cartier deployant clasp. Accompanied by additional purple and black crocodile straps, a red galuchat motorized winding fitted box, certificate and guarantee.

C. two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back with aperture showing the tourbillon mechanism, wide sloped bezel, "Vendome" type square lugs with pink gold screwed bars, cabochon sapphire-set winding-crown with security link, sapphire crystal.D. transparent, showing the single grid bridge and the tourbillon cage, at the center, a pink gold square minute track with indexes, skeleton pink gold carved Arabic numerals for the 9 and the 3. Blackened steel "Feuille" hands.M. Cal. 492 MC, rhodium-plated, 30 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with 3 equidistant polished steel arms, monometallic balance, self-compensating platinum Breguet balance-spring.Case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm.