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Hong Kong, Furama Hotel, Jun 07, 1999

LOT 399

Cartier, Paris, circa 1910. Fine and rare 18K yellow gold, Guillotine, keyless slim minute repeating dress watch with spring loaded sliding shutters, accompanied by a gold matching chain and a gold pencil, in the original fitted leather box.

HKD 170,000 - 210,000

USD 25,000 - 30,000

C.Three piece, massive, Directoire, polished, the dial aperture with spring loaded gold polished shutters. D. Matted silver with Arabic numerals and engineturned border. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 17"' rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, eight adjustments, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. Signed on the dial and movement. Accompanied by Cartier Certificate of Authenticity. Diam. 47 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: *4

Fair

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

A similar watch is Illustrated in Le Temps de Collie); by Jader BARRACCA, Giampiero NEGRETTI and Franco NENcINI, p. 31. Guillotine is the term used in the manufacturing records to describe this type of watch. This is an early example of a model made by Cartier, very popular in the 1920's.